تَدَرَّع في لِقاءِ الخَطبِ صَبراً

تَدَرَّع في لِقاءِ الخَطبِ صَبراً

فَأَصعَبُهُ عَلى الصَبّارِ هَينُ

فَأَصعَبُهُ عَلى الصَبّارِ هَينُ

Arm yourself with patience when facing calamity;

He armored himself with patience for the trials of life

for its hardest part is easy for the steadfast.

Yet the most difficult still tries the steadfast man

لِأَنَّكَ لا تَشُكُّ بِأَنَّ يحنَ ال

لِأَنَّكَ لا تَشُكُّ بِأَنَّ يحنَ ال

حَياةِ أَخيرُهُ هَرَمٌ وَحَينُ

حَياةِ أَخيرُهُ هَرَمٌ وَحَينُ

For you do not doubt that [unclear word] of

For you know without doubt that in the end life grows old and weak

life ends in decrepitude and death.

And the expected approach of death holds no terror

وَلَيسَ يَهولُ مُرتَقَبُ المَنايا

وَلَيسَ يَهولُ مُرتَقَبُ المَنايا

إِذا أَلَمَّت بِهِ أُذُنٌ وَعَينُ

إِذا أَلَمَّت بِهِ أُذُنٌ وَعَينُ

And the prospect of death does not terrify

When heard by the ear and seen by the eye

when ear and eye have become acquainted with it.