يقولون هذا أبلغ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِم

فقلتُ المعالي علّمتني المعانيا

They say this man is the most eloquent of all people

So I said: "His Excellency taught me meanings."

وما لِيَ من قولٍ تَضمَّن لفُظُه

مناقبَ قومٍ غير ما كنتُ راويا

And I have no words whose pronunciation

Includes the virtues of a people other than what I was relating.