1. Some men strive to overtake you, though even if

    they waded into your seas—or their shallows—they would drown.

  2. In war, you are neither weak in strength nor weary

    at the encounter, nor a trembling, fearful coward.

  3. Every virtue for which noble men strive—

    if one day they praise you for it, they have spoken truly.

  4. He ruled Iraq, and the people’s condition prospered;

    he ruled them when the age of men was torn asunder.

  5. His honor is neither alien nor newly acquired;

    rather, the glory of the house of Shihab has endured since they were created.

Sol 5.6