1. With true words Majdi begins
Starting with the name of the innovator

2. Praying after praises and thanks
Upon a prophet who came from Mudar

3. Guiding the nomads with consent and good news
At six he entered school

4. And in the Quran I had a teacher
Who read with the seven readings and each had grown up

5. To it when he became a father of knowledge
And utters from his mouth the precious pearls

6. And after two and a half years
I was circumcised on the day of the ceremony

7. In which the sheikh won his goal
From my father and the loftiness of his position

8. And got from my uncle a great reward
And since I reached nine my mother died

9. And before her my uncle had also died
So I increased from this affliction my worry

10. And my body had fallen ill
And my tears had become like a flowing sea

11. And it was on Thursday after one
The death of a brother of mine after the loss of the mother

12. So I was from those excessive misfortunes
Of no benefit to me is my life with my illness

13. And I almost before the time ended my life
And after that I entered Helwan

14. In El Mir's school with the boys
And I won over my peers

15. With the rank of cavash in my exam
And I had reached the age of ten

16. And I was bored of Helwan with my peers
To El Giza the Bride forcibly by order of the governor

17. But we from this now
Traveled to a lofty palace

18. And this was after a month and days
And this palace was Ein palace

19. In it I stayed with them two days
Then I left barefoot

20. The schools of languages without hesitation
After the exam gratitude returned to me

21. And for two and fifty mornings passed
That my transfer was in the middle of Safar

22. So I understood knowledge and stayed up at night
That I harvest what is good from sweet fruits

23. And dress in the clothes of supremacy and pride
And I have spent the most precious times

24. In memorizing whatever accurate languages
And in the lessons attentively

25. I narrate the authentic speech from the trusted
From every knowledgeable eloquent scholar

26. And every art from the arts of the Arabs
I have reached in it with my diligence the utmost skill

27. Especially the art of rare literature
For I have recorded it in books

28. To remain flawless until publication day
And in French my star rose high

29. And from it I have gained the most loyal share
And from its meanings my understanding was adorned

30. With the jewelry of the beautifully composed pearl
And the essence of the wondrous prose and poetry

31. And in three after fifty passed
I had from my father an elder brother in fate

32. To the union of houris in the abode of bliss
But he sparked in me the fire of sorrow

33. When his body was buried in the grave
And this brother was in matters

34. The captain of Ghalion at sea
And he was of resolve, successful insight

35. And profitable trade in everything
And expert in his travels at sea

36. As for my father, because of his loss
He did not live except a year after him

37. And he rested in mercy in his grave
So his death from afar disturbed me

38. And I had patience for this affliction
And since I lost my family and relatives

39. I became, while they were absent from my being
And after them I did not find a companion for myself

40. Nor a helper to deflect adversities
From me and strive to remedy my affair

41. And the illness overcame my heart
For a month and laid me in my bed

42. But despite that with my diligence
My ink did not dry up in this life

43. Nor did I neglect study behind my back
And when recovery came

44. And the medicine worked and the illness went away