1. They say this man is the most eloquent of all people
So I said: "His Excellency taught me meanings."
١. يقولون هذا أبلغ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِم
فقلتُ المعالي علّمتني المعانيا
2. And I have no words whose pronunciation
Includes the virtues of a people other than what I was relating.
٢. وما لِيَ من قولٍ تَضمَّن لفُظُه
مناقبَ قومٍ غير ما كنتُ راويا