إذا لك مطلب أضحى ثقيلا

عليك بمنة فاتركه حتما

If you have a request that has become burdensome

You must leave it with a favor and surely abandon it

وعزّ النفس من هون وذلّ

وعللها بأمّا ثم أمّا

And let your soul be dignified from humiliation and disgrace

And console it by saying "if only, then if only"

فمطل النفس أولى من غريم

تماطله إذا طالبك غرما

To crave from the soul is better than from an enemy

Delay him if he demands from you a debt

تيمم ان لحقك أذى ومنّ

ولا تقضى مع إيجادك ألما

Be tolerant if harm afflicts you

And do not fulfill while you are suffering pain

فذا في الدين فضلاً عن سواه

فدع سلما إذا عافتك سلمى

So this, in religion, is superior to anything else

So leave safely when safe are your two forearms

فمت بالصبر إن الصبر أولى

ولا تدنو إلى عمرو وأسما

Die with patience, for patience is best

And do not go near to Amr and Asma

فلولا الصبر ما نيلت معالي

فقدر علاك ما استطعت عزما

For if not for patience, you will not attain heights

So accept what ability you had determination

فثق باللَه خالق كلّ شيء

بكل الكائنات أحاط علما

And trust in God, Creator of all things

With all creatures He has encompassed knowledge

ففي قدرته كم شاهدت أمرا

أتاك بعكس ما أوهمت وهما

For in His power how much have you witnessed something

That came to you opposite of what imagination assumed

وكم في غيب ربي من عجيب

بضدّ قياس عقلاء وحكما

And how much in my Lord's unseen is of wonders

Contrary to the reasoning of scholars and wisdom

نواصيهم بأمر اللَه يقضى

بما شاء فيهم حسنا وذما

Their foreheads by God's command He judges

What He willed for them of good and bad

فاطلبه ولا تطلب سواه

فليس يمنّ ان والاك نعما

So seek Him and do not seek other than Him

For no one grants favors if not for Him