مَنِ ارتقي عاداهُ اقرانُهُ
مِمَّن رَبي معهُ ولم يرنقِ
He who rises is envied by his peers,
Unlike those who were raised with him, but did not excel.
يا عجبا ماذا يضرُّ الفَتى
سَبقُ سواهُ وهو لم يوثَقِ
How strange! Why should it hurt the young man
If another outperforms him when he did not try his best?
