أَرى محنَ الزَمان مقدّمات

عَلى منح يَجود بِها الإِلَهُ

I see the tribulations of time as preludes

To gifts with which the God bestows bounteously.

فَموسى كلَّمَ المَولى وَأَضحى

رَسولاً بَعدَ لَسع النار فاهُ

So Moses conversed with his Lord and became

A messenger after being burnt by fire's sting.

وَيوسف نالَ ملك عَزيز مصر

عقيب السجن وَاِبتَهَجَت عُلاهُ

And Joseph attained Egypt's mighty kingdom

After prison, and his grandeur was joyous.