يقولُ إذا كلّت مطيّي ولا

يقولُ إذا كلّت مطيّي ولا

ح الصّبحُ والمأمولُ منه عسير

ح الصّبحُ والمأمولُ منه عسير

A man says: “My mount is spent, and there has ap—

He says, when my mounts grow weary and

—peared the dawn, though hopes from it are hard to realize.

dawn breaks, and what is hoped for from it is hard to attain:

اركب بهيم الليّل واستصغر ال

اركب بهيم الليّل واستصغر ال

خطب الّذي تلقاهُ فهو يسير

خطب الّذي تلقاهُ فهو يسير

Ride through the pitch-black night, and deem slight the—

“Ride the pitch-black night, and make light of the

—ordeal you encounter, for it is easy.”

ordeal you encounter, for it is easy.”