1. Perhaps destiny, when I dismissed my ambitions,
Will replace them with a youth who cares for my pains,
١. عَسى المَقاديرُ إِذ طَلَّقتُ أَطماعي
مُبَدِّلاتي فَتى تَعنيهِ أَوجاعي
2. One who, if I started a task, would stop me from it,
And take over from me, becoming himself the doer,
٢. مَن إِن سَعَيتُ رَأى سَعيي فَأَقعَدَني
وَقامَ عَنّي وَبي حَتّى هُوَ الساعي
3. I entrust my needs to the vastness of patience,
If a need is met by feet that stumble and slip.
٣. أَنوطُ حاجي بِرَحبِ البالِ واسِعِهِ
إِن يُنطَ حاجٌ بِواني الخَطوِ مِصلاعِ