تَعَزَّ بِحُسنِ الصَبرِ عَن كُلِّ هالِكٍ

تَعَزَّ بِحُسنِ الصَبرِ عَن كُلِّ هالِكٍ

فَفي الصَبرِ مَسلاةُ الهُمومِ اللَوازِمِ

فَفي الصَبرِ مَسلاةُ الهُمومِ اللَوازِمِ

Console yourself with noble patience for each one who has died;

With patience's beauty spared from all demise

For in patience lies solace from persistent sorrows.

In patience comfort's found for worries' ties

إِذا أَنتَ لَم تَسلُ اِصطِباراً وَحِسبَةً

إِذا أَنتَ لَم تَسلُ اِصطِباراً وَحِسبَةً

سَلَوتَ عَلى الأَيّامِ مِثلَ البَهائِمِ

سَلَوتَ عَلى الأَيّامِ مِثلَ البَهائِمِ

If you do not find solace through endurance and seeking God's reward,

If you find not in patience and acceptance peace

You will find solace as the days pass, like the beasts.

You'll suffer through your days like soulless beasts

وَلَيسَ يَذودُ النَفسَ عَن شَهواتِها

وَلَيسَ يَذودُ النَفسَ عَن شَهواتِها

مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا كُلُّ ماضي العَزائِمِ

مِنَ الناسِ إِلّا كُلُّ ماضي العَزائِمِ

And none restrains the soul from its desires,

And nothing wards the spirit from its wants

Among people, save those of firm resolve.

But those with wills resolved and minds unbent