1. ولا بِدْعَ لِلبَلوى بِأَنْ تَحضنَ الفَتى

    نعم عَجبَ مِنهُ التبرُّمُ وَالشّكوى

    And it is no wonder that adversity should embrace a young man;

    indeed, what is strange is his fretting and complaint.

  2. إِذا كانَ أَصلُ المَرءِ مِن طينِ شِدَّةٍ

    فَكَيفَ اِنزِعاجُ المَرءِ مِن ضَمّةِ البلوى

    If a man's origin is in the clay of hardship,

    then how can a man be distressed by adversity's embrace?