This life is but a switching of states. The poet mentions:

ثمانية تجري على الناس كلهم و لابد للإنسان أن يلقى الثمانية

سرور وحزن واجتماع وفرقة و يسر وعسر ثم سقم وعافية

“Eight states pass by all people, and man will inevitably meet each one:

1) Happiness
2) Sadness
3) In a group
4) Alone
5) Ease
6) Difficulty
7) Illness
8) Good health

The test is not necessarily the situation we are in at a given time.

It’s about how we respond to Allah’s decree.