صبراً أميرَ المؤمنينا

فاللَّهُ يجز الصَّابرينا

Patience, O Commander of the Faithful

For Allah rewards the patient

كنَّا نُهَنِّي بالخلا

فة قبلكَ المُتَنَعِّمينا

We used to congratulate those indulged

On the caliphate before you

حتى إذا صارت إلي

ك هَدَيْتَ هَدْيَ الراشدينا

Until when it came to you, you guided with the guidance of the rightly-guided

So you denied yourself its luxuries

فمنعْتَ نفسَكَ دَرَّها

ومَرَيْتها للحالبينا

And showed it to the milkers

And when you were deprived of its wares

ولمَا غُبِنْتَ متاعَها

بل بعتها بيعاً ثمينا

You sold it for a precious price

So be patient with it - your helper

فاصبرْ لها لا زالَ عَوْ

نك مَنْ رَضِيتَ به مُعينا

Whom you were pleased with does not cease to support you

It is a tribulation for the righteous

هِيَ مِحْنَةٌ للمتَّقي

ن وفِتنةٌ لِلْمُتْرفينا

And a trial for the extravagant