يَد اليُسر كَم نَبت مِن العُسر قَد زَوَت

وَكَم نَشَرت أَعلام خَيرٍ قَد اِنطَوَت

How many shoots of hardship the hand of ease has swept away,

and how many banners of good, once folded, it has unfurled.

فَيا مَن أَعاديهِ عَلى كَيدِهِ نَوَت

عَلَيك إِذا ضاقَت أَمورك وَاِلتوَت

O you whose enemies have resolved to plot against you,

when your affairs beset you and grow entangled,

بِصَبرٍ فَإِنّ اليسر مِفتاحُهُ الصَبرُ

فَكَم مَنَحَ الرَحمَن بِالصَبر عبدَهُ

hold fast to patience, for patience is the key to ease.

How often the All-Merciful, through patience, has granted His servant

مَواهبَ إِحسان بِها قَد أَمَدَّهُ

فَدَع ما سوى من سَبَّح الكَون مَجده

gifts of beneficence by which He sustained him.

So forsake all besides Him whose glory the universe proclaims,

وَلا تَشكوَن إِلّا إِلى اللَه وَحدهُ

فَمن عِندهِ تَأتي الفَوائد وَاليُسرُ

and complain to none but God alone.

For from Him come all boons and ease.

فَما خابَ عَبدٌ فيهِ أَحسَن ظَنَّهُ

وَلا باءَ بِالحرمان مَن رامَ منَّهُ

No servant who thought well of Him was ever disappointed,

nor did anyone who sought from Him return deprived.

إِذا خفتَ ضيق الأَمر أَمّلت أمنه

عَسى فَرَجٌ يَأتي بِهِ اللَه إِنَّهُ

If you fear an affair’s constriction, turn toward His safety.

Perhaps relief will come, brought by God; indeed,

لهُ كُلّ يَوم في خَليقته أَمرُ

each day He has some work within His creation.