أقسمتُ إنْ جدَّ وطالَ المدى
أروى الورى مِنْ بحرِهِ الزاخرِ
I swore: if the endeavor grows earnest and the course stretches long,
I shall give all humankind drink from its brimming sea.
فقلْ لمنْ بالسبقِ تفضيلُهُ
كمْ تركَ الأولُ للآخِر
So tell him whose claim to distinction rests on having come first:
How much the first has left for those who come after!
Sol 5.6