1. I have become accustomed to the touch of harm, until I made peace with it,
And the length of affliction has led me to patience,
١. تَعَوَّدتُ مَسَّ الضَرِّ حَتّى أَلِفتُهُ
وَأَسلَمَني طولُ البَلاءِ إِلى الصَبرِ
2. And the frequency of hurt has expanded my chest to bear pain,
When once my chest would be straitened by it,
٢. وَوَسَّع صَدري لِلأَذى كَثرَةُ الأَذى
وَكانَ قَديماً قَد يَضيقُ بِهِ صَدري
3. If I do not accept from fate all that
I encounter from it, my reproach of fate is prolonged.
٣. إِذا أَنا لَم أَقبَل مِنَ الدَهرِ كُلَّ ما
أُلاقيهِ مِنهُ طالَ عَتَبي عَلى الدَهرِ