1. In opinion, is he alike, or in generosity, or in courage, or in manners?
We see not after him a match for him,
١. أفي الرأيِ يُشْبَهُ أمْ في السخا
ءِ أمْ في الشجاعةِ أمْ في الأدبْ
2. Oh would that he had not assumed Aleppo's rule!
٢. فلسنا نرى بعدَهُ مثلَهُ
فيا ليتَهُ ما تولى حلبْ