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With resolve, the heights of glory illuminate

علا بمناط السها تستنير

1. With resolve, the heights of glory illuminate
As a weak child shines with grace.

١. عُلاً بِمَناطِ السُّها تَسْتنيرُ
كَما يَتَأَلَقُ وَهْناً صَبيرُ

2. And lofty glory, heights beyond reach,
For one with high ambitions is misfortune's gaze.

٢. وَمَجْدٌ رَفيعُ الذُّرا دُونَهُ
لِطالِبِ شَأْوِيَ طَرْفٌ حَسيرُ

3. And for the wicked, a garden from decent traits,
In my peace, for the chaste a river flows.

٣. وَلِلْخِلِّ مِنْ شِيَمِي رَوْضَةٌ
وفي راحَتي لِعُفاتِي غَديرُ

4. And a destined fall is sure to come
With hands that strike and zeal that grows.

٤. وَلا بُدَّ مِنْ وَقْعَةٍ تَرْتَمي
بِأَيْدٍ تَطيحُ وَهامٍ تَطيرُ

5. The day of enemies is long therein
And the life of the feeble is short.

٥. وَيَوْمُ الأَعادِي طَويلٌ بِها
وَعُمْرُ الرُّدَينِيّ فيها قَصيرُ

6. Opportunities in life may be seized
But my tricks therein are difficult.

٦. وَقَدْ أَمْكَنَتْ فُرَصٌ في الوَرَى
وَلكنْ مَكَرِّيَ فيها عَسيرُ

7. They are a lost herd whose owners are gone
And the shepherds sleep, where is the changer?

٧. فَهُمْ ثَلَّهٌ غَابَ أَرْبابُها
وَنامَ الرِّعاءُ فَأَيْنَ المُغِيرُ