1. يهون الخطب أن الدهر ذو غير

    وأن أيامه بين الورى دول

    What eases hardship is that time is ever-changing,

    and that its days are turns of fortune among humankind,

  2. وأن ما سر أو ما ساء منتقل

    عنا إلا فإنا عنه ننتقل

    and that whatever brings joy or sorrow will depart

    from us; if not, we shall depart from it.