كلّ مستقبَلٍ من ال

كلّ مستقبَلٍ من ال

هَمِّ يُنْسى إذا مَضَى

هَمِّ يُنْسى إذا مَضَى

Every sorrow yet to come

Every future worry is forgot when past,

is forgotten once it has passed.

And sorrow for what's gone brings peace at last.

والّذي ساءَ من زما

والّذي ساءَ من زما

نِكَ سهلٌ مَعَ الرِّضا

نِكَ سهلٌ مَعَ الرِّضا

And whatever ill your time has brought

Firm wisdom's friend when fate perplexes most

is easy to bear with contentment.

Submits and leaves events to God's dispose.

وأخو الحزْمِ مَنْ إذا

وأخو الحزْمِ مَنْ إذا

أَعْضَل الأمرُ فَوَّضا

أَعْضَل الأمرُ فَوَّضا

And the prudent man is he who, when

I've grown as weak as eagles, when their flight

a matter grows intractable, relinquishes control.

Their feathers hamper, once so proud and bright.

أصبحتُ كالنَّسرِ خانَتْهُ قوادِمُهُ

أصبحتُ كالنَّسرِ خانَتْهُ قوادِمُهُ

لا تَستَقِلُّ جَناحاهُ إذا نَهَضا

لا تَستَقِلُّ جَناحاهُ إذا نَهَضا

I have become like an eagle betrayed by its flight feathers;

I suffer ceaseless woes and cares unknown,

its wings cannot lift it when they rise.

A life I never chose to be my own.

أروحُ من نائباتٍ لا تُغِبُّ ومِن

أروحُ من نائباتٍ لا تُغِبُّ ومِن

هُمومِ عيشٍ كما لا أشتهي غَرَضا

هُمومِ عيشٍ كما لا أشتهي غَرَضا

Each evening finds me amid misfortunes that never relent, and

Yet I have milked fate's udder halfway through.

the cares of a life not as I wish it—a target for them all.

You'll ne'er see me to new disasters bow.

لكنّني قد حَلبتُ الدّهرَ أشْطُرَهُ

لكنّني قد حَلبتُ الدّهرَ أشْطُرَهُ

فما يَراني لخطبٍ نابَ مُنقَبِضا

فما يَراني لخطبٍ نابَ مُنقَبِضا

Yet I have milked time at all its teats;

With calm acceptance I meet each event.

so it never sees me disheartened by a calamity that strikes.

God's will be done; I trust His wise intent.

ألقى الحوادثَ بالصبرِ الجميلِ ومَق

ألقى الحوادثَ بالصبرِ الجميلِ ومَق

دورَ القَضاءِ بتسليمٍ لَه ورِضا

دورَ القَضاءِ بتسليمٍ لَه ورِضا

I meet calamities with noble patience, and

Time changes moods and men. Fulfilled today,

what fate decrees with submission to it and contentment,

Tomorrow's dreams may drop and fade away.

علماً بتغييرِ أحوالِ الزمانِ فكم

علماً بتغييرِ أحوالِ الزمانِ فكم

رأيتُ مُبرمَ أمرٍ عادَ مُنْتَقَضا

رأيتُ مُبرمَ أمرٍ عادَ مُنْتَقَضا

knowing how the fortunes of time change—for how often

have I seen a firmly settled matter come undone.