1. وقالُوا فعظَّمْ قدرَهُ ومحلَّهُ

    فإنَّ أبا الخَطّابِ شَيخٌ لهُ نَفْسُ

    And they said, “So honor his worth and standing,

    for Abu al-Khattab is an elder with spirit.”

  2. فقلتُ لهُ نفسٌ ولكِنْ سخيفَةٌ

    ونحنُ على أمثالِها أبَداً

    So I said, “He has a spirit, but a petty one,

    and we are forever against its kind.”