إِذا المَرءُ لَم يَبنِ اِفتِخاراً لِنَفسِهِ

تَضايَقَ عَنهُ ما اِبتَنَتهُ جُدودُه

If a man does not build pride in himself

He feels confined by what his forefathers have built

وَلا خَيرَ في مَن لا يَكونُ طَريفُهُ

دَليلاً عَلى ما شادَ قِدما تَليدهُ

And there is no good in one whose excellence

Is not evidence of the monuments his ancestors erected