إِذا هَمَّ لم يحذَر من اللَّيلِ غُمَّةً

تُهابُ ولم تَصعُب عَلَيه المَراكِبُ

When his purpose was fixed, he feared not the darkness of night,

Nor did the ascent dishearten him.

قَرى الهَمَّ إِذ ضاف الزَّماعَ فَأَصبحت

منازِلُهُ تَعتَسُّ فيها الثعَّالِبُ

He made the misfortunes his neighbors, when he saddled his sorrows,

So that foxes shared with him his halting-place.