1. لَم تَلقَ في الأَيّامِ إِلّا صاحِباً

    تَأَذّى بِهِ طولَ الحَياةِ وَتَألَمُ

    In all your days, you have met only a companion

    Through whom you suffer harm and pain throughout your life,

  2. وَيَعُدُّ كَونَكَ في الزَمانِ بَليَّةً

    فَاِصبِر لَها فَكَذاكَ هَذا العالَمُ

    And he counts your existence in time a calamity.

    So bear it patiently, for such is this world.