فلا تأمل الدهر ان امَّلك

فلا تأمل الدهر ان امَّلك

وبالسخط بعد الرضا انزلك

وبالسخط بعد الرضا انزلك

So place no hope in Time, even if it gives you hope,

Do not expect Fate to be just

and casts you down in displeasure after favor.

And after content descend you to disgust

وكم قلت للدهر ما اسفلك

وكم قلت للدهر ما اسفلك

تسافل مثليَ حتى هلك

تسافل مثليَ حتى هلك

And how often I said to Time, “How base you are!”

How often have I said to Fate be fair

One like me sank low until he perished,

You have descended me to depths so bare

وغيري ترَّقى الى أن ملك

وغيري ترَّقى الى أن ملك

فخاطبني بلسان جريّ

فخاطبني بلسان جريّ

while another rose until he became a king.

While others to heights and kingship repair

Then it addressed me with a bold tongue:

It addressed me in rough harmful tongue

عليك بصبرك لا تضجر

عليك بصبرك لا تضجر

جرى فلك الدور عن مصدرَ

جرى فلك الدور عن مصدرَ

“Hold fast to your patience; do not grow impatient.

Restrain yourself, be patient not bitter

The revolving celestial sphere runs its course from a source.”

The spheres cycle has strayed from its source

فخاطبت نفسي وقلت اصبري

فخاطبت نفسي وقلت اصبري

فهذا صنيع مدير الفلك

فهذا صنيع مدير الفلك

So I addressed my soul and said, “Be patient,

So I addressed myself, saying be patient

for this is the work of the one who turns the celestial sphere.”

This is the work of Fate's director