To sip bitterness without a frown.
تجرع المرارة من غير تعبس
Tecerru'u'l-merâreti min gayri teabbüs.
From Junayd al-Baghdadi, in al-Qushayri, al-Risala, chapter on "Patience".
The one asking asks about patience.
Junayd describes a face.
You will swallow the bitterness.
And your face will not sour.
A heavy condition.
Many endure bitterness.
Few keep it from their face.
Here patience
does not become a show.
What you bear does not show.
No one asks, no one sees.
This may be the hardest of all:
to keep even your pain
to yourself.