1. Knowledge is the noblest pursuit, you who seek knowledge
He who studies knows not the value of his quest
١. العِلمُ أنفَسُ عِلْقس أنتَ داخِرُهُ
مَنْ يدرُسِ العِلمَ لم تَدْرُسْ مفاخِرُهُ
2. So strive to learn what you do not yet know
For the beginning of knowledge is enthusiasm, and its end is awe
٢. فاجهَدْ لِتَعلَمَ ما أصبحْتَ تجهَلُهُ
فأوُّلُ العِلمِ إقبالٌ وآخِرُهُ