العِلمُ أنفَسُ عِلْقس أنتَ داخِرُهُ

مَنْ يدرُسِ العِلمَ لم تَدْرُسْ مفاخِرُهُ

Knowledge is the noblest pursuit, you who seek knowledge

He who studies knows not the value of his quest

فاجهَدْ لِتَعلَمَ ما أصبحْتَ تجهَلُهُ

فأوُّلُ العِلمِ إقبالٌ وآخِرُهُ

So strive to learn what you do not yet know

For the beginning of knowledge is enthusiasm, and its end is awe