عظَّمتَ طيبَك لما نِلتَ مَنزلَةٌ

وخِلتَ أنَّكَ فُقْتَ السّادةَ الغُرَرا

You magnify your generosity when you attain high rank,

And imagine you have surpassed the noble lords.

وقلتَ إنَّكَ أهداهُمْ وأسبَقُهُمْ

ومن ضَلالِ الخُصى أن تَسْبَقَ

You say you have guided and preceded them,

Yet it is the folly of the ignorant to think they lead.