مَنْ جعلَ الصَّبر في مقاصِدِه

وفي مَراقِيهِ سُلَّماً سَلِما

Whoever makes patience his purpose

And on his path a safe ladder

والصَّبرُ عَونُ الفَتى وناصِرُهُ

وقَلَّ مَنْ عنه نَدّ ما نَدِما

Patience aids the youth and is his ally

Rarely did one who abandoned it not regret

كمْ صدمَةٍ للزَّمان مُنْكَرَةٍ

لّما رأى الصَّبرَ صَدّ ما صدَما

How many shocking blows has time delivered

Yet when it saw patience, it recoiled as if shocked

فاصبِرْ فإنَّ الزَّمانَ عن كَثَبٍ

يأْسُو على الرَّغمِ كُلَّما كَلَما

So be patient, for time on its haunches

Despite itself grows despairing with every word