1. يا للأماجد هَل يُقاس لَديكُمُ

    ذُو المَنطق اللسن الفَصيح بِأَخرَسِ

    O noble ones, is there any comparison, in your eyes,

    between a fluent, eloquent speaker and a mute?

  2. أَم قَولُكُم هَذا سُكوتٌ خامل

    كَمقالكم هَذاك بلبل مَجلسِ

    Or is your saying, “This one is silent and obscure,”

    like your saying, “That one is the nightingale of the gathering”?