1. If destiny makes a comrade great, his youth is no disgrace;
A man is only as small as the lesser of his contests.
١. إذا عَظُمَ القَدر الرفيقُ منَاطُهُ
فما صِغَرٌ في السِّنِّ مُزرٍ بذلكا
2. Once a lion cub, the forest's lord was but a sprouting bush,
And clouds, now bursting, were mere knotted threads.
٢. وما المرء إلا أصغراه إذا انتحى
ألدَّ خصامٍ أو عَدوَّاً مُشَابكا