1. إذا ما الدَّهْرُ نابَكَ مِنْهُ خَطْبٌ

    وشَدَّ عَليكَ من حنَقٍ عِقالَهْ

    If ever a calamity from Time befalls you,

    and in its rage it tightens its fetter around you,

  2. فَكِلْ للهِ أمْرَك لا تُفكِّرْ

    فَفِكْرُكَ فيهِ خَبْطٌ في حِبالَهْ

    then entrust your affair to God; do not brood,

    for your thinking about it is flailing in its ropes.