1. إن الأمور إذا اشتدّت معاقدُها

    يفرِّجُ اللهُ منها كلَّ ما وردا

    Indeed, when the knots of affairs grow tight,

    God brings relief from every trouble that arises from them.

  2. كذلك الدهر إن جاءت فوادِحُه

    في اليوم فارْجُ لها ألاّ تدومَ غدا

    So too with time: if its calamities come

    today, hope that they will not last tomorrow.

  3. كم من مُهِمٍّ قريب خِيف سطوتُه

    فحلَّ من صعبه المِقدارُ ما عُقِدا

    How many a looming trouble, its onslaught feared,

    has had its difficult knots untied by fate!

  4. ما أحسنَ الصبرَ فالْبَسه وإن عظُمتْ

    رَزِيَّةَ فالْزَم الإقدام والجلدا

    How beautiful is patience—wear it; and however great

    the calamity, hold fast to courage and endurance.

  5. والله لو كان لي حُكْمٌ على زمني

    جعلتُه لك محضاً صافياً أبدا

    By God, if I had command over my time,

    I would make it pure and untroubled for you forever.