يا مَن يُقَصِّرُ خَطوَهُ الإِعياءُ

الناسُ قَدّامٌ وَأَنتَ وَراءُ

O you whose steps are shortened by fatigue

People ahead while you lag behind

ضاقَت فُروجُكَ عَن لِحاقِكَ مَن لَهُ

بَينَ السَوابِقُ جَبهَةٌ غَرّاءُ

The paths to catch up with them have narrowed for you

For the frontrunners have a wide expanse

فَاِطلُب لِنَفسِكَ مَربَطاً غَيرَ الَّذي

ما فيهِ لِلمُتعَثِّرينَ رِواءُ

So seek for yourself a tether other than that

In which latecomers find no rest