قد خاب مَن كان في مُناهُ

قد خاب مَن كان في مُناهُ

مُقصِّرَ الجِدَّ في الطِّلابِ

مُقصِّرَ الجِدَّ في الطِّلابِ

He has indeed failed who, in his aspirations,

Disappointed is he who spent his youth

is slack in striving to attain them.

Being lazy in seeking knowledge

فلا يَلُمْ غيرَ نَفْسِه مَن

فلا يَلُمْ غيرَ نَفْسِه مَن

قد أرْسَل الْبَازَ في ضَبابِ

قد أرْسَل الْبَازَ في ضَبابِ

So let him blame none but himself—the one

So let no one but himself be blamed

who has sent the hawk into fog.

He who sent an eagle into the fog