تَصَبَّرْ فَإِنّ الصّبرَ أَجملُ بالحرِّ

وَأَليقُ بِالإِنسانِ في السرِّ وَالجهرِ

Be patient, for patience is most beautiful in hardship

And most befitting for a person, publicly and privately

وَحَسبُ الفتى عِندَ المَصائِبِ صَبرهُ

فَإِنّ اِصطِبارَ المَرءِ أَدعى إِلى الأجرِ

And for a young man, his patience at calamities suffices him

For one's endurance leads more to reward

وَلَم يَكُ فيما يَرتَدي المَرء حلَّةً

تُجَمِّلهُ أَسنى وَأَغلى مِنَ الصّبرِ

And there was never a garment that adorns a person

More beautifully and expensively than patience

وَسَلِّمْ إِلى حُكمِ القَضاءِ فَإِنَّهُ

عَلى وفقِ ما قَد شاءَ ربّ الوَرى يَجري

And surrender to the judgment of fate, for it surely

Flows according to what the Lord of all has willed

وَكُن راضِياً فيما بِهِ اللَّه قَد قَضى

فَما لِسِوى مَولاكَ شَيءٌ مِنَ الأمرِ

And be content with what Allah has decreed

For nothing except your Master has any authority

لَهُ الحُكمُ وَالتّدبيرُ وَالأمرُ كلُّهُ

وَما شاءَ مِن نَفعٍ وَما شاءَ مِن ضرِّ

To Him belongs all judgment, planning, and command

And whatever harm or benefit He wills

وَفي يَدِهِ الإِحياءُ وَالمَوتُ وَالفَنا

وَفي يَدِهِ التّقديرُ لِلخَيرِ والشرِّ

And in His hand lies life, death, and perishing

And in His hand lies ordaining of good and evil

هُوَ الفاعِلُ المُختارُ جَلَّ جَلالَهُ

وَما هُوَ بِالمَجبورِ يَفعلُ بالجبرِ

He is the Chosen Doer, Most High His Majesty

And He does not act out of compulsion

فَيا أَيّها المَولَى الّذي قَلَّ مِثلُهُ

كَما لا بِشامٍ وَالعراقِ وفي مصرِ

So O my Master, matchless in Syria, Iraq and Egypt

Adorn yourself with excellent patience, for you are an example

تَجَمَّل بِحُسنِ الصّبرِ إِذ أَنتَ قُدوةٌ

بِها يَقتَدي مَن قَد يُصاب بِلا نكرِ

Followed by whoever is struck with adversity

If you, our Master, suffered the loss of a young son

لَئِن كُنتَ مَولانا أُصِبتَ مُصيبةً

بِنَجلٍ صَغيرٍ فَاتَهُ فَسحَةُ العمرِ

Whose prime of life passed him by

Then in Allah, its Giver, there is solace, and for us

فَفي اللَّهِ مُعطيهِ اِعتِياضٌ وَحَسبُنا

بِهِ عِوضاً عَن كلِّ شَيءٍ مَدى الدّهرِ

He suffices as compensation for all things forever

To Allah belongs what He gives and what He takes

وَللَّهِ ما أَعطى وَما هُوَ آخِذٌ

وَحقٌّ لَهُ التّسليمُ في العُسْرِ وَاليُسْرِ

And the right to submit in ease and hardship belongs to Him

And He only took him to make him

وَما أَخذُهُ إِيّاه إِلّا لِجَعلِهِ

لَكُم فَرطاً يجدي وَمِن أَنفَعِ الذّخرِ

A forerunner who benefits and stores riches for you

So my Lord has consoled you for him

فَأَحسَنَ رَبّي فيهِ عنهُ عَزاءَكُم

وَعَوَّضَكم خَيراً وَعظَّم لِلأَجرِ

And compensated you with better and multiplied the reward

And instilled patience from within your heart

وَأَفرَغَ منهُ الصّبرَ داخِلَ قَلبِكم

وَأَلبَسَكُم بِالصّبرِ مِن رِفعَةِ القدرِ

And clothed you with the stature of high destiny

And Allah has blessed us with your long life

وَمَنَّ عَلَينا اللَّهُ في طولِ عُمرِكُم

بِخَيرٍ وَتَوفيقٍ عَلى السرِّ والجهرِ

With goodness and success openly and privately

And you remain protected by God in the cave of His keeping

وَدُمتَ بِعَينِ اللَّهِ في كَهفِ حِفظِهِ

تَجَمَّلُ بِالتّقوى وَتكنفُ بِالسّترِ

Adorned with piety and cloaked in cover

Safe from evils in self, spirit, wealth and children

مَصوناً مِنَ الأَسواءِ نَفساً وَمُهجَةً

وَمالاً وَأَولاداً في راحَةِ السرِّ

At ease in privacy throughout the ages

As long as stars shine or fade

مَدى الدّهر ما قَد لاحَ أَو غابَ كَوكَبٌ

وَما إِن بِأَمرِ اللَّهِ ريحُ الصَّبا تجري

And the winds blow as Allah wills

And the sign of the brilliant night has vanished

وَما آيةُ اللّيلِ البهيمِ قَدِ اِنمَحَت

لَدى شِدّةِ الظّلماءِ مِن آيةِ الفَجرِ

At the intensity of pitch darkness before dawn