1. تَرى الكَثيرَ قَليلاً حينَ تَسأَلُهُ

    وَلا مَخالِجُهُ المَخلوجَةُ الكُثُرُ

    You deem much to be little when you ask him for it,

    Yet not his many scattered cares.

  2. يا أَسمَ صَبراً عَلى ما كانَ مِن حَدَثٍ

    إِنَّ الحَوادِثَ مَلقِيٌّ وَمُنتَظَرُ

    O Asma, be patient with whatever misfortune has befallen;

    For some misfortunes are already faced, and others still awaited.

  3. صَبراً عَلى حَدَثانِ الدَهرِ وَاِنقَبِضي

    عَنِ الدَناءَةِ إِنَّ الحُرَّ يَصطَبِرُ

    Be patient with time’s calamities, and turn away

    From baseness: the noble person endures.

  4. وَلا تَبيتَنَّ ذا هَمٍّ تُكابِدُهُ

    كَأَنَّما النارُ في الأَحشاءِ تَستَعِرُ

    And never spend the night wrestling with a worry,

    As though fire were blazing in your entrails.

  5. فَما رُزِقتَ فَإِنَّ اللَهَ جالِبُهُ

    وَما حُرِمتَ فَما يَجري بِهِ القَدَرُ

    For whatever you are granted, it is God who brings it;

    And whatever you are denied is what destiny decrees.

  6. نَعلوهُمُ كُلَّما يَنمي لَهُم سَلَفٌ

    بِالمَشرَفِيِّ وَلَولا ذاكَ قَد أَمِروا

    We strike them whenever a vanguard of theirs grows,

    With the Mashrafi sword; but for that, they would have multiplied.