1. أَلمْ تَرَ أنَّ الصبرَ للشكرِ توأَمٌ

    وأنهما ذُخْرانِ للعُسْرِ واليُسْرِ

    Have you not seen that patience is gratitude's twin,

    And that both are reserves for hardship and ease?

  2. فشُكراً إِذا أُوتيتَ فاضلَ نِعْمَةٍ

    وصبراً إِذا نابَتْكَ نائبةُ الدهرِ

    So give thanks when you are granted a rich blessing,

    And be patient when time's calamity befalls you.

  3. فلم أرَ مثلَ الشُّكْرِ حارسَ نعمةٍ

    ولا ناصراً عند الكريهةِ كالصَّبْرِ

    For I have seen no guardian of a blessing like gratitude,

    Nor a helper in adversity like patience.

  4. وما طابَ نشرُ الروض إلّا لأنّهُ

    شكورٌ لما أسدَتْ إليه يَدُ القَطْرِ

    And the garden's fragrance is sweet only because it

    Is grateful for what the hand of rain has bestowed upon it.

  5. وما فُضِّلَ الإبريزُ إلّا لأَنّهُ

    صبورٌ إِذا ما مَسَّهُ وهجُ الجمرِ

    And pure gold is prized only because it

    Is patient when the blazing heat of embers touches it.