1. كريمٌ يرى أن الرجاءَ موَاعدُ

    وأنَّ انتظار السائلين منَ المطلِ

    A generous man who regards hopes as promises,

    and keeping petitioners waiting as a form of stalling.

  2. وَخيرُ الموالي من إذا ما مدحُته

    مَدَحتُ به نفسي وأخبرتُ عن فضلي

    And the best of patrons is one such that, when I praise him,

    I praise myself through him and speak of my own merit.