تَعَوَّدتُ مَسَّ الضَرِّ حَتّى أَلِفتُهُ

تَعَوَّدتُ مَسَّ الضَرِّ حَتّى أَلِفتُهُ

وَأَسلَمَني طولُ البَلاءِ إِلى الصَبرِ

وَأَسلَمَني طولُ البَلاءِ إِلى الصَبرِ

I grew accustomed to hardship's touch until I became familiar with it.

I have become accustomed to the touch of harm, until I made peace with it,

And prolonged affliction handed me over to patience.

And the length of affliction has led me to patience,

وَوَسَّع صَدري لِلأَذى كَثرَةُ الأَذى

وَوَسَّع صَدري لِلأَذى كَثرَةُ الأَذى

وَكانَ قَديماً قَد يَضيقُ بِهِ صَدري

وَكانَ قَديماً قَد يَضيقُ بِهِ صَدري

And much suffering broadened my breast to bear suffering,

And the frequency of hurt has expanded my chest to bear pain,

Though once my breast would sometimes tighten under it.

When once my chest would be straitened by it,

إِذا أَنا لَم أَقبَل مِنَ الدَهرِ كُلَّ ما

إِذا أَنا لَم أَقبَل مِنَ الدَهرِ كُلَّ ما

أُلاقيهِ مِنهُ طالَ عَتَبي عَلى الدَهرِ

أُلاقيهِ مِنهُ طالَ عَتَبي عَلى الدَهرِ

If I do not accept from time all that

If I do not accept from fate all that

I encounter from it, my reproach against time will be prolonged.

I encounter from it, my reproach of fate is prolonged.