1. Be patient when hardship befalls you, for perhaps
A time that has been cruel will afterwards comfort its absence.
١. تَصبَّرْ إذا ما نابَ كُرهٌ فرُبَّما
يسوءُكَ دَهرٌ ثم يُؤِنسُ غِبُّهُ
2. The merit of a man is in what eases his heart,
Not in what he desires and loves.
٢. وأجرُ الفَتى فيما يَمُضُّ فؤادَهْ
ولا أجرَ فيما يَشتهي ويُحِبُّهُ