1. كم هِمَّةٍ عاليةٍ

    في الجدِّ لم تُفَرِّطِ

    Many a lofty ambition

    has not slackened in earnest striving;

  2. لا تَرْتَضِي بوَسَطٍ

    فالدُّونُ جارُ الوَسَطِ

    it is not content with a middling rank,

    for the low is neighbor to the middle.