1. ملوك ثناهم كأحسابهم

    وأخلاقهم شبه آدابهم

    Kings—their renown is like their pedigrees,

    and their character resembles their manners;

  2. فطول قرونهمو أجمعين

    يزيد على طول أذنابهم

    for the horns of every one of them

    exceed their tails in length.