فلا حزم إلّا في طروق تجارب

ولا حول إلّا في حلول مصائبِ

No wisdom but in tested ways,

No power but in calamities.

رمتني براشيها فأصمت فأخطأت

فواعجبا من مخطئاتٍ صوائبِ

Its missiles against me were thrown, so I missed them;

Yet wonder at mistakes that turn to successes!