اصبِر عَلى الدَهرِ لا تَغضَب عَلى أَحَدٍ

فَلا تَرى غَيرَ ما في الدَهرِ مَخطوطُ

Be patient with fate, do not get angry at anyone

Be patient with the turns of time, and hold anger against no one,

You will not see anything other than what is destined

For you will witness nothing save what is already inscribed.

وَلا تَقيمَنَّ بِدارٍ لا انتِفاعَ بِها

فَالأَرضُ واسِعَةٌ وَالرِزقُ مَبسوطُ

Do not settle in a home from which you derive no benefit

And do not abide in a dwelling where no benefit remains,

For the earth is vast and sustenance is spread wide

For the earth is vast, and sustenance is widely spread.