يتلقىhe meets الندىgenerosity بوجهwith a face حييbashful
يتلقى الندى بوجه حيي
وصدورand the points القناof spears بوجهwith a face وقاحٍunabashed
وصدور القنا بوجه وقاحٍ
He meets generosity with a bashful face,
Dew faces the flowers with shyness
and the spearheads with an unabashed face.
While chests of bottles face with impudence
هكذاthus هكذاthus تكونcomes to be المعاليgreatness
هكذا هكذا تكون المعالي
طرقthe paths الجدof earnestness غيرother than طرقthe paths المزاحof jest
طرق الجد غير طرق المزاح
Thus, thus is greatness attained:
Such, such are sublime things
The paths of earnestness are not the paths of jest.
Ways of seriousness unlike ways of jest