طِب عَنِ الإِمرَةِ نَفسا

وَاِرضَ بِالوَحشَةِ أُنسا

Be peaceful, O my soul, though life is hard,

And bear thy loneliness with patience calm.

ماعَلَيها أَحَدٌ يَس

وى عَلى الخِبرَةِ فِلسا

For friends are few, and trials fall like rain;

Yet wisdom is the pauper's diadem.