تأمّل في الحياةِ ترى أموراً

ستعجبُ إن بدا لك كيف كانتْ

Contemplate life and you will see things

That will amaze you, if you see how they were

فكم مِن كُربةٍ أبكتْ عيوناً

فهوّنها الكريمُ لنا فهانتْ

For how many sorrows have made eyes weep

Yet the Generous has eased them, so they passed

وكم مِن حاجةٍ كانت سراباً

أرادَ اللهُ لُقياها فحانت

And how many needs were but mirages

God wanted us to meet them, so they came

وكم ذُقنا المرارة مِن ظروفٍ

برغمِ قساوةِ الأيامِ لانتْ

And how much bitterness we have tasted from circumstances

Yet despite the harshness of days, it softened

هي الدنيا لنا فيها شؤونٌ

فإن زيّنتِها بالصبرِ زانتْ

Such is this life, with all its concerns

If you adorn it with patience, it is adorned