1. ألاَ تعجَبنْ لِعَمْروٍ وقَدْ

    رمَى بالدُّعابةِ خَيرَ البَشَرْ

    Will you not marvel at ʿAmr, who has

    accused the best of humankind of levity?

  2. ولم يَخْتَرِعْها ولكنَّه

    تَلَقّفَها عَنْ أخِيهِ عُمَرْ

    He did not invent it, but he

    picked it up from his brother ʿUmar.