إِذا ما عَرى خَطبٌ مِنَ الدَهرِ فَاِصطَبِر

فَإِنَّ اللَيالي بِالخَطوبِ حَوامِلُ

When a calamity of fate befalls you, endure with patience,

For the nights are indeed pregnant with tribulations.

وَكُلُّ الَّذي يَأتي بِهِ الدَهرُ زائِلٌ

سَريعاً فَلا تَجزَع لِما هُوَ زائِلُ

And all that Time brings forth is transient,

Passing swiftly, so do not despair over what is fleeting.