1. أمسست شبليك في حق الهدى ألماً

    لولا الهدى لسفكنا فيه ألف دم

    You made your two lion cubs feel pain for guidance's sake.

    Were it not for guidance, we would have shed a thousand lives' blood for it.

  2. جلوت سيفاً ليرتاح الشجاع له

    شذبت غصناً لتنمي قامة النسم

    You polished a sword so that the brave man might delight in it.

    You pruned a branch to increase humankind's stature.