وصفَ الصّبرَ لي جهولٌ بأمري

وصفَ الصّبرَ لي جهولٌ بأمري

فارغُ البالِ من هُمومِي وفِكري

فارغُ البالِ من هُمومِي وفِكري

One ignorant of my plight prescribed patience to me,

An ignorant one described patience to me

His mind free of my worries and thoughts,

With an empty mind, unaware of my worries and thoughts

مستريحٌ مَا قلبُهُ مثلُ قَلبِي

مستريحٌ مَا قلبُهُ مثلُ قَلبِي

لاَ ولاَ دهرُهُ ظَلومٌ كدَهرِي

لاَ ولاَ دهرُهُ ظَلومٌ كدَهرِي

At ease—his heart is not like mine;

At ease while my heart is not like his

No, nor is his fate as oppressive as mine.

No, nor is his time as oppressive as mine

مالَه بالهُمومِ عهدٌ ولا اضْطُرْ

مالَه بالهُمومِ عهدٌ ولا اضْطُرْ

رَ إلى الصّبرِ باقْتِسَارٍ وقَهرِ

رَ إلى الصّبرِ باقْتِسَارٍ وقَهرِ

He has no acquaintance with sorrows, nor has he been forced

He has no experience with worries, no compulsion

To patience by compulsion and coercion.

To patience through limitation and coercion

وأنا الدّهْرَ في خطوبِ زمانٍ

وأنا الدّهْرَ في خطوبِ زمانٍ

أشربُ الصّبرَ فيه من حُسنِ صَبري

أشربُ الصّبرَ فيه من حُسنِ صَبري

And I, ever amid the calamities of time,

While I, through the tribulations of time

Drink bitter aloes therein, thanks to my steadfast patience.

Drink patience in it from my fine patience

صارَ لي عادةً فلو ضَاقَ رحْبُ ال

صارَ لي عادةً فلو ضَاقَ رحْبُ ال

أرضِ عنّي ما ضَاق بالصَّبرِ صَدْري

أرضِ عنّي ما ضَاق بالصَّبرِ صَدْري

It has become my habit; even if the wide expanse of the

It has become my habit, so if the expanse of

Earth grew narrow for me, my breast would not be too narrow for patience.

The earth shrinks around me, my chest won't shrink from patience