1. كريمٌ يرى أن الرجاءَ موَاعدُ

    وأنَّ انتظار السائلين منَ المطلِ

    A generous man who holds that hopes are promises,

    And that keeping petitioners waiting is a form of stalling.

  2. وَخيرُ الموالي من إذا ما مدحُته

    مَدَحتُ به نفسي وأخبرتُ عن فضلي

    And the best of patrons is one such that, whenever I praise him,

    I thereby praise myself and proclaim my own merit.