صَبراً عَلى المَطلِ ما لَم يَتلُهُ الكَذِبُ

صَبراً عَلى المَطلِ ما لَم يَتلُهُ الكَذِبُ

فَلِلخُطوبِ إِذا سامَحتَها عُقَبُ

فَلِلخُطوبِ إِذا سامَحتَها عُقَبُ

Bear delay patiently, so long as falsehood does not follow it;

Patience with what is delayed, as long as it is not marred by lies,

For misfortunes, if you bear with them, have their endings.

For hardships, when endured, are followed by comfort.

عَلى المَقاديرِ لَومٌ إِن رُميتُ بِهِ

عَلى المَقاديرِ لَومٌ إِن رُميتُ بِهِ

مِن عادِلٍ وَعَلَيَّ السَعيُ وَالطَلَبُ

مِن عادِلٍ وَعَلَيَّ السَعيُ وَالطَلَبُ

Blame rests with fate, if I am charged with it

Blaming fate, though blamed by the just, is vain,

By a just man; my duty is to strive and seek.

While striving and seeking rest with me.

يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ النائي بِرُؤيَتِهِ

يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ النائي بِرُؤيَتِهِ

وَجودُهُ لِمُرَجّي جودِهِ كَثِبُ

وَجودُهُ لِمُرَجّي جودِهِ كَثِبُ

O king who is distant from sight,

O King, unseen, whose generosity

Yet whose bounty is near to those who hope for his bounty.

Is hoped for by those seeking your grace.

لَيسَ الحِجابُ بِمُقصٍ عَنكَ لي أَمَلاً

لَيسَ الحِجابُ بِمُقصٍ عَنكَ لي أَمَلاً

إِنَّ السَماءَ تُرَجّى حينَ تَحتَجِبُ

إِنَّ السَماءَ تُرَجّى حينَ تَحتَجِبُ

The veil does not turn my hope away from you;

You are not veiled from me, though my hopes seem blocked,

Indeed, the sky is looked to with hope when it is veiled.

For the sky is hoped for when clouds mass.

ما دونَ بابِكَ لي بابٌ أَلوذُ بِهِ

ما دونَ بابِكَ لي بابٌ أَلوذُ بِهِ

وَلا وَراءَكَ لي مَثوىً وَمُطَّلَبُ

وَلا وَراءَكَ لي مَثوىً وَمُطَّلَبُ

Apart from your door, I have no door at which to seek refuge;

Nothing below your door is a door for me,

Nor beyond you have I any dwelling or goal.

No shelter or goal beyond You I seek.

يا خَيرَ مَن سَمِعَت أُذنٌ بِهِ وَرَأَت

يا خَيرَ مَن سَمِعَت أُذنٌ بِهِ وَرَأَت

عَينٌ وَمَن وَرَدَت أَبوابَهُ العَرَبُ

عَينٌ وَمَن وَرَدَت أَبوابَهُ العَرَبُ

O best of those heard of by an ear and seen

O best of those whose ears have heard, whose eyes have seen,

By an eye, and of those whose doors the Arabs have visited.

And whose door the Arabs have frequented.

أَمّا السُكوتُ فَمَطوِيٌّ عَلى عِدَةٍ

أَمّا السُكوتُ فَمَطوِيٌّ عَلى عِدَةٍ

وَفي كَلامِكَ غُرُّ المالِ يُنتَهَبُ

وَفي كَلامِكَ غُرُّ المالِ يُنتَهَبُ

As for silence, it is folded around a promise;

Silence hides feelings beyond limit,

And in your speech, the choicest wealth is plundered.

While in your words, riches flow, freely grabbed.