نُوَبُ الدُّنَى قَدْ أَرْهَقَتْكَ سِهَامُهَا

لاَ تَجْزَعَنَّ فَمَا يُطُولُ مُقَامُهَا

The strokes of fate have wearied you,

The calamities of the world have wearied you with their arrows

Do not despair, for their stay will not be long.

Do not despair, for their stay shall not be long

مَا إِنْ يَشِينُكَ بَلْ يَزِينُكَ خَطْبُهَا

إِنَّ الْبُدُورَ يَزِينُهَا تَغْيَامُهَا

It does not dishonor you, rather it adorns you, their assault,

Its affliction does not disgrace you, but rather adorns you

For lightning adorns the heavy rain clouds.

For indeed, the full moons are graced by their veiling clouds

هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ فَمَا حُبِسَتْ لِرِيبَةٍ

إِنَّ الُّليُوثَ مَقَرُّهَا آجَامُهَا

Bear lightly that you have been detained out of no suspicion,

Console yourself, for you were not imprisoned out of suspicion

For the resting places of lions are their dens.

Truly, the natural abodes of lions are their dens

حَجَبُوا سَنَا مَرْآكَ عَنْ حَدَقِ الْوَرَى

كَيْ لاَ يَضِيرَكَ نَبْلُهَا وَسِهَامُهَا

They have veiled your bright face from the gaze of creation,

They veiled your radiant visage from the eyes of mankind

Lest its splendor and arrows should hurt you.

So that their arrows and darts might not cause you harm

أَوَ لاَ تَرَى الأَطْيَارَ يُتْرَكُ وَحْشُهَا

هَمَلاً وَيُقْنَصُ وُرْقُهَا وَيَمَامُهَا

Do you not see how birds are left neglected in the wild,

Do you not see how wild birds are left alone to roam

Deserted, their feathers plucked, their tufts ruffled?

Ignored, while the gentle doves and pigeons are hunted?

فِي سِجْنِ يُوسُفَلِلْمُبَرَّإِ أُِسوَةٌ

فَهُنِ الْخُطُوبَ يَهِنْ عَلَيْكَ مَرَامُهَا

In Joseph's prison is a model for the innocent,

In the prison of Joseph, there is an exemplar for the innocent

So humiliations will gentle descend upon you.

So make light of your hardships, and their burden will be easy to bear

هَلْ أَنْتَ إِلاَّ زَهْرَةٌ أَوْ نَوْرَةٌ

فَاحَتْ شَذاً فَأَكَنَّ تِلْكَ كِمَامُهَا

Are you anything but a blossom or a light,

Are you anything but a flower or a blossom

That gave off fragrance, so they sheathed you with that veil?

That exuded fragrance, and thus was shielded by its calyxes?