1. فَوِّقْ سِهامَكَ وارمِ النّجمَ عن عُرُضٍ

    فلستَ أوَّلَ مَغرورٍ من الظَّنَنِ

    Nock your arrows and shoot at the star at random;

    For you are not the first to be deceived by conjecture.

  2. وانحتْ بفأسِكَ في صماءَ شاهقةٍ

    لن تَنْحَتِ الفاسُ ما أعْيا على الزّمَنِ

    And hew with your axe into a towering, solid rock;

    The axe will not hew what has defied time.