لَعَمْرُ أَبيكَ مَا خَفَّتْ حَصَاتِي

لَعَمْرُ أَبيكَ مَا خَفَّتْ حَصَاتِي

لِنَازِلَةٍ وَلا ارْتَعَدَ الْفَرِيصُ

لِنَازِلَةٍ وَلا ارْتَعَدَ الْفَرِيصُ

By your father's life, my judgment never faltered

By your father's life, my stones did not quake

at a calamity, nor did my flanks tremble.

At the falling nor did the noble steed tremble.

وَمَا قَصَّرْتُ فِي طَلَبِ الْمَعَالِي

وَمَا قَصَّرْتُ فِي طَلَبِ الْمَعَالِي

وَلَكِنْ رُبَّمَا خَابَ الْحَرِيصُ

وَلَكِنْ رُبَّمَا خَابَ الْحَرِيصُ

And I have not fallen short in seeking lofty honors,

I did not fall short in seeking the heights

yet sometimes the eager striver fails.

But sometimes the eager one fails.