1. قيلَ لي اِحْمَدْ أَحمدَ البَرْ

    بيرَ مَن حاز السيادَهْ

    I was told, “Praise Ahmad al-Bar-

    bir, who has attained eminence.”

  2. قلت حَمدي كيف يُجدي

    وهو حمْدٌ وزيادَهْ

    I said, “How can my praise avail,

    when he is praise and more?”