1. If a man does not build pride in himself
He feels confined by what his forefathers have built
١. إِذا المَرءُ لَم يَبنِ اِفتِخاراً لِنَفسِهِ
تَضايَقَ عَنهُ ما اِبتَنَتهُ جُدودُه
2. And there is no good in one whose excellence
Is not evidence of the monuments his ancestors erected
٢. وَلا خَيرَ في مَن لا يَكونُ طَريفُهُ
دَليلاً عَلى ما شادَ قِدما تَليدهُ