1. ما خامر الرّزقُ قلبي قبل فَجْأتِهِ

    ولا بسطتُ له في النائباتِ يدي

    Sustenance never occupied my heart before its sudden arrival.

    Nor did I stretch out my hand for it amid calamities.

  2. كم قد ترادفَ لم أحفِلْ زيادَتَهُ

    ولو تجاوزني ما فتَّ في عَضُدِي

    How often it came in succession; I paid no heed to its increase.

    And had it passed me by, it would not have weakened my arm.

  3. إن أسْخَطِ الأمرَ أُدركْ عنه مُضطَرَباً

    وإِنْ أُرِدْ بَدَلاً من مذهبٍ أجِدِ

    If a situation displeases me, I find room to turn away from it.

    And if I seek a different course, I find one.