لَو لَم تَكُن لَكَ آباءٌ تَبوءُ بِهِم

لَو لَم تَكُن لَكَ آباءٌ تَبوءُ بِهِم

إِلّا بِنَفسِكَ نِلتَ النَجمَ مِن كَثَبِ

إِلّا بِنَفسِكَ نِلتَ النَجمَ مِن كَثَبِ

If you had no forefathers in whom to take pride,

by yourself alone you would reach the star from close at hand.