لا تخش من غمِّ كغيم عارض

فلسوفَ يسفر عن إضاءة بدرِه

Do not fear grief like passing clouds

For soon its full moon will shine bright

إن تمس عن عبَّاس حالكَ راوياً

فكأنني بك راوياً عن بشره

If you hear my state from a narrator

It's as though I narrate good tidings

ولقد تمرّ الحادِثات على الفتى

وتزول حتى ما تمر بفكرِه

Events pass by the young man

And fade even from his thoughts

وهو الزمان إذا جنى لم يعتذر

ويقوم من خلف الأذان بعذره

It is time, if it wrongs it does not apologize

And makes its excuses after the harm

هوِّن عليك فربَّ خطبٍ هائل

دُفِعت قواه بدافعٍ لم تدرِه

Be easy, for many grave matters

Were repelled by a defence none expected

ولرُبَّ ليلٍ في الهمومِ كدمل

صابرته حتَّى ظفرت بفجرِه

And for many a night amidst worries like darkness

I was patient until I obtained its dawn

ولربَّما يجني الزمان على امرئٍ

مجنى ويا عجباً حلاوة صبرِه

And perhaps time may wrong a man

Yet wonder at the sweetness of his patience

ولربَّما أصبحت قاضي معشرٍ

فاصْبر على حلو الزمان ومرِّه

And perhaps you will be judge of a group

So be patient with the sweet and bitter of time