1. The Muslims have benefitted
From these two books continuously

2. He composed a great and glorious book
Skillful, excellent and eloquent

3. It surpasses all other books
In its magnificent art and leads

4. It is now like a line of poetry
For the virtuous and decorated with necklaces

5. An eloquent, clarified dictionary
Amazing, pleasing to scholars

6. Between two desired seas of fruits
And pleasant breezes freely flowing

7. It excelled all gardens in every meaning
As gardens flourish with its benefits

8. So take it as a garden, O guide of knowledge
And enjoy what it contains unrestricted

9. Each person finds in it what he seeks
And sees in it more than he expects

10. Its expressions are meaningful
Its chapters arranged and ink potent

11. I saw in it the sheen of a sword
That declared with testimony

12. I said to God, bless the one who picked
Its fruits in fields of prosperity

13. It makes the dates of history white
Yes, a journey the journey equips

14. Pure of complexity and confusion
One sees not what mars his belief

15. It is a mirror of everything good
Forms appear in it as willed

16. And a predecessor to every age
While its composer is glorified