1. أبوكَ حوى العُلْيا وأنتَ مُبَرِّزٌ

    عَلَيهِ إذا نازَعْتَهُ قَصَبَ المَجْدِ

    Your father attained the heights, and you surpass

    him when you vie with him for the prize of glory.

  2. ولِلخَمْرِ معنىً ليسَ في الكَرْمِ مثلُهُ

    وللنّارِ نُورٌ ليسَ يوجَدُ للزَّنْدِ

    And wine has a quality whose like is not in the vine;

    and fire has a light not found in the firestick.

  3. وخيرٌ منَ القَولِ المُقَدَّمِ فاعتَرِفْ

    نتيجَتُهُ والنَّحْلُ يُكْرَمُ للشُّهْدِ

    And better than the premise—admit it—

    is its conclusion; and bees are prized for honey.