1. يَزيدُ الفِقْهَ والفُقهاءَ حُبَّاً

    إِلى قَلبي فقيهُ بَنِي يَزِيدِ

    He makes jurisprudence and the jurists dearer

    to my heart—the jurist of Banu Yazid.

  2. تَناهَى ثمَّ زادَ على التَّناهِي

    وأشرَفَ أنْ يَزيدَ على المَزيدِ

    He reached the utmost, then went beyond the utmost,

    and was poised to surpass increase itself.

  3. أبَا الحَسَنِ ابْتَدِي عمراً مداهُ

    مَدَى لُبَدٍ ولَيسَ مدَى لَبِيدِ

    O Abu al-Hasan, begin a lifetime whose span

    is that of Lubad, not that of Labid.