وَلَقَد صَحِبتُ الدَهرَ صُحبَةَ عارِفٍ
مَتَعَوِّدٍ لِصَلاحِهِ وَفَسادِهِ
And indeed I have kept company with Time as one who knows it,
accustomed to its good and its ill.
وَخَبَرتُهُ فَرَأَيتُ ذَنبي عِندَهُ
فَضلي وَأَعجَزَني دَواءُ عِنادَهُ
And I have tested it, and found my fault in its eyes
to be my merit; curing its obstinacy proved beyond me.
وَمِنَ البَلِيَّةِ أَن تُداوى حِقدَ مَن
نِعَمُ الإِله عَلَيكَ مِن أَحقادِهِ
And it is an affliction to treat the rancor of one
whose resentments include God's blessings upon you.
Sol 6.1