الحِرصُ عَونٌ لِلزَمانِ عَلى الفَتى

وَالصَبرُ نِعمَ العَونُ لِلأَزمانِ

Greed aids time in subduing the youth,

While patience is excellent aid 'gainst tribulations.

لا تَخضَعَنَّ فَإِنَّ دَهرَكَ إِن رَأى

مِنكَ الخُضوعَ أَمَدَّهُ بِهَوانِ

Submit not, for if your fate sees

Submission in you, it will stretch your humiliation.

وَإِذا رَآكَ وَقَد قَصَدتَ لِصَرفِهِ

بِالصَبرِ لاقى الصَبرَ بِالإِذعانِ

And if it sees you steadfastly endure

It meets patience with acquiescence.