1. وَلا أُغيرُ عَلى الأَشعارِ أَسرِقُها

    عَنها غَنيتُ وَشَرُّ الناسِ مَن سَرقا

    And I do not raid poems to steal them.

    I have no need of them, and the worst of men is he who steals.

  2. وَإِنَّ أَحسَنَ بَيتٍ أَنتَ قائِلُهُ

    بَيتٌ يُقالُ إِذا أَنشَدتَهُ صَدَقا

    And indeed, the finest verse you utter

    is a verse of which, when you recite it, it is said: “He spoke the truth.”