اُصيب ببلوى الجسم أيوبُ فاغتدى

به تضرب الأمثال اِذْ يذكرُ الصبرُ

Ayyub was afflicted with bodily distress, so

He became the subject of proverbial examples when patience is mentioned.

فلما انتهت بلواهُ من بعد جسمهِ

إِلى القلب نادى مُعلناً مسَّني الضرُّ

But when his distress had ended with his body

And reached his heart, he proclaimed: Hardship has touched me!

وكلُّ بلائي عند قلبي ولمْ أبُحْ

بشكوى الذي ألْقى ولا ظَهر السرُّ

And all my distress is due to my heart though I have not

Complained of the One who cast it upon me nor divulged the secret.