1. اُصيب ببلوى الجسم أيوبُ فاغتدى

    به تضرب الأمثال اِذْ يذكرُ الصبرُ

    Job was stricken with bodily affliction, and so became

    an example cited in proverbs whenever patience is mentioned.

  2. فلما انتهت بلواهُ من بعد جسمهِ

    إِلى القلب نادى مُعلناً مسَّني الضرُّ

    Then, when his affliction passed beyond his body

    to his heart, he cried out openly: “Distress has touched me.”

  3. وكلُّ بلائي عند قلبي ولمْ أبُحْ

    بشكوى الذي ألْقى ولا ظَهر السرُّ

    Yet all my affliction is in my heart, and I have not voiced

    a complaint about what I suffer, nor has the secret come to light.