أَتَصبِر لِلبَلوى عَزاءً وَحِسبَةً

فَتُؤجَرُ أَم تَسلو سُلوَّ البِهائِمِ

Will you endure the affliction with composure and hope for reward,

And be recompensed, or will you forget as the beasts forget?

خُلِقنا رِجالاً لِلتَجَلُّدِ وَالأَسى

وَتَلكَ الغَواني لِلبُكا وَالمَآتِمِ

We were created as men for stoic endurance and grief,

While fair maidens are meant for weeping and mourning rites.