1. أرى الشعراءَ مضوا سوقة

    ولابن سنا الملك ملكٌ عتيد

    I see the poets have gone their way as commoners,

    while Ibn Sana al-Mulk has a kingdom ready at hand.

  2. وقد طوبقوا باسمه في القريض

    فمنهم شقيٌّ ومنهم سعيد

    And in verse they have been set in contrast through his name:

    some among them are wretched, and some are happy.