خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ وَلا تَجْزَعْ لِنَائِبَةٍ

خَفِّضْ عَلَيْكَ وَلا تَجْزَعْ لِنَائِبَةٍ

فَالدَّهْرُ يَعْتَرُّ بِالإِنْسَانِ أَحْيَانَا

فَالدَّهْرُ يَعْتَرُّ بِالإِنْسَانِ أَحْيَانَا

Ease up on yourself, and do not be dismayed by misfortune.

Lower your wing over the grief that arises

For time assails a person now and then.

For time brings mankind low now and then

فَكُلُّ نَاءٍ قَرِيبٌ إِنْ صَبَرْتَ لَهُ

فَكُلُّ نَاءٍ قَرِيبٌ إِنْ صَبَرْتَ لَهُ

وَكُلُّ صَعْبٍ إِذَا قَاوَمْتَهُ هَانَا

وَكُلُّ صَعْبٍ إِذَا قَاوَمْتَهُ هَانَا

For every distant thing is near if you wait patiently for it.

With patience every stream will soon run dry

And every difficulty becomes easy when you resist it.

Stand firm and every hardship will fade away