1. Be steadfast when calamity brings you hardship;

    for after calamities grow severe comes ease.

  2. And never despair of joy after sorrow,

    for the days may forsake you, then lend you aid.

  3. For Jacob suffered anguish at the loss of Joseph

    for eighty years, with longing as his companion.

  4. Then, when his absence dragged on, one span after another,

    a season of solace in drawing near came to his aid.

  5. So embrace contentment with whatever fate brings,

    for contentment is a guarantor of good deeds.

  6. And should the night of calamities be [feared] when it darkens,

    while its end is a dawn clearly heralding success?

Sol 6.1