1. كَلامُهُ الباهرُ اللفظِ المفيدُ لنا

    بالوضع كلُّ كَلامٍ دُونَهُ كَلِمُ

    His speech is dazzling in expression and meaningful to us

    By linguistic convention; all speech beneath it is mere words.

  2. يمضي بأَقلامهِ من غيرِ ما نَصَبٍ

    ويَعجِزُ السيفُ عمَّا يفعلُ القَلَمُ

    He carries things through with his pens, without any toil,

    And the sword cannot do what the pen does.