1. فضلت السعيد وأستاذه

    بنظميهما وبنثريهما

    I surpassed al-Saʿīd and his master

    with the verse and prose of them both.

  2. وكانا عتيقي فخارٍ حويت

    فكنت الأحقّ بإرثيهما

    Both were freedmen of a glory I possessed,

    so I was most entitled to their two inheritances.