سَأَمضيI shall proceed لَهُtoward it قِدماًforward وَلَوand even if شابَturned gray فيin الَّذيthat which
سَأَمضي لَهُ قِدماً وَلَو شابَ في الَّذي
أَهِمُّI intend بِهِwith it فيماin what صَنَعتُI have done المَقادِمُthe forelocks
أَهِمُّ بِهِ فيما صَنَعتُ المَقادِمُ
I shall press onward toward it, even if, in what
I intend, my forelocks turn gray through what I have done,
مَخافِةَfor fear of قَولٍa word أَنthat يُخالِفَshould contradict فِعلُهُits deed
مَخافِةَ قَولٍ أَن يُخالِفَ فِعلُهُ
وَأَنand that يَهدِمَshould demolish العِزَّthe honor المُشَيَّدَbuilt high هادِمُa destroyer
وَأَن يَهدِمَ العِزَّ المُشَيَّدَ هادِمُ
fearing that deed should belie word,
and that a destroyer should raze honor built high.
Sol 6.1