1. صَبِّرِ النَفسَ عِندَ كُلِّ مُلِمٍّ

    إِنَّ في الصَبرِ حيلَةَ المُحتالِ

    Make your soul patient at every calamity.

    Indeed, in patience lies the resourceful person's stratagem.

  2. لا تَضيقَنَّ في الأُمورِ فَقَد تُك

    شَفُ غَمّاؤُها بِغَيرِ اِحتِيالِ

    Do not grow distressed over affairs, for perhaps

    their gloom will be dispelled without contrivance.

  3. رُبَّما تَجزَعُ النُفوسُ مِنَ الأَمـ

    ـرِ لَهُ فُرجَةٌ كَحَلِّ العِقالِ

    Sometimes souls grow distressed over a matter

    whose relief is like untying a camel's hobble.