وما سلب الشمسَ الكسوفُ ضياءَها

وما سلب الشمسَ الكسوفُ ضياءَها

ولِكنَّها سُدَّت عليها المطالعُ

ولِكنَّها سُدَّت عليها المطالعُ

The eclipse has not robbed the sun of its radiance;

And the eclipse did not rob the sun of its radiance,

rather, the horizons of its rising have been barred against it.

But the places of its rising were barred to it.

وكم كُربةٍ كانت وسيلة فَرحةٍ

وكم كُربةٍ كانت وسيلة فَرحةٍ

وضُرٍّ تُرَى في حافَّتَيه المنافعُ

وضُرٍّ تُرَى في حافَّتَيه المنافعُ

How many a hardship has proved the path to joy,

And many a distress has been a means to joy,

and many an affliction is seen with benefits on either side.

And many an affliction at whose two edges benefits are seen.

وليس ملوماً مَن تعالَت هُمومُه

وليس ملوماً مَن تعالَت هُمومُه

إذا أنزلَته بالَحضِيضِ القوارِعُ

إذا أنزلَته بالَحضِيضِ القوارِعُ

No one whose aspirations have soared is to be blamed

And one whose cares have mounted is not to blame

if crushing blows have cast him down into the depths.

When calamities have cast him down into the depths.