1. عَسى فَرَجٌ يَكونُ عَسى

    نُعَلِّلُ أَنفُساً بِعَسى

    Perhaps relief will come—perhaps.

    We console our souls with “perhaps.”

  2. فَلا تَقنَط وَإِن لاقَي

    تَ هَمّاً يَقبِضُ النَفسا

    So do not despair, even if you encounter

    a sorrow that grips the soul.

  3. فَأَقرَبُ ما يَكونُ المَر

    ءُ مِن فَرَجٍ إِذا أَيِسا

    For a person is nearest

    to relief when he has despaired.