1. إِنّي لَرَحَّالٌ إِذا الهَمُّ بَرَكْ

    رَحْبُ اللَّبَانِ عندَ ضِيقِ المُعْتَرَكْ

    Indeed, I am ever a traveler when sorrow kneels down.

    Broad of chest when the battlefield narrows.

  2. عُسْرِي على نَفسي وُيسرِي مُشْترَكْ

    لا تَهلكُ النَّفسُ على شيءٍ هَلَكْ

    My hardship is mine alone, and my ease is shared.

    Let not the soul perish over something that has perished.

  3. فليس لِلْهَمّ إّذا فاتَ دَرَكْ

    لا تُنْكِرَنْ ضَراعَتي لا أُمَّ لَكْ

    For worry cannot recover what has slipped away.

    Do not scorn my humility—may you be motherless!

  4. رُبَّ زَمانٍ دَلِهٍ أرفَقُ بِكْ

    لا عادَ إِنْ ضامَكَ دَهْرٌ أوْ مَلَكْ

    Many a bewildering time is gentler with you.

    May it never return, if time or an angel has wronged you.