1. Do not take it amiss if a servant praise fall short of your merits;
His eulogy fails to reach your high rank's extent;
١. لا تَعظمَنَّ علَيكَ مِدحَةُ خادِمٍ
إيّاكَ يقصرُ عنْ مَداكَ مَديحُهُ
2. For valour - though it be the meanest part of manhood -
Yet it salves the body's wound and brings it solace.
٢. فالظُّفْرُ وهو أخَسُّ أجزاءِ الفتى
يَشفي بِحَكٍّ جِسمَهُ فَيُريحُهُ