1. The ancient grammarian was mentioned, so we said
That the modern grammarian has more merit

2. And whenever I judge, and my nation are Romans
In arabicized speech, I was just

3. I am a stranger among opponents in it
I do not see falsehood as suitable for patronage

4. And whenever I spoke falsely I was not titled
Philosopher, nor dubbed Heraclius

5. Grammar began growing, so
The latest of the two grammarians fed it, and it listened as an adult

6. And it rebelled, so he led it with his hands
The latest of the two grammarians, so it obeyed, tamed

7. O questioner with Ali
May God increase you in landmarks of ignorance

8. You are like one igniting the sun with fire
By my life, the sun is clearer to the eye

9. Do not ask him except those other than him
You will find him in the gathering of the celebration, celebration

10. Saying the truth, hitting the intolerant
With his answers, and speaking segmentation

11. Whenever branches diverged from the origin
He bent them, attaching the branch to the origin

12. And you see the twisted one submits to him
As the bracelet submitted to its owner

13. O thirsty ones, return him to correctness
He will give you with correctness a wave and uptake

14. He is a sea among the seas, Euphrates
Not salty, nor is its coast shallow

15. Say to him, my straightener, my namer
And my nicknamer, and he who became a form for me

16. I wanted prolongation in you, but
My distant limits said to me, "Wait!"

17. And I saw the little suffices from jewelry
When the blade is like you, a blade

18. You have, from your own self, the bracelets that
Refused that your jewelry be bees

19. By my life, you are not like the polished sword
When we hone you, but a hone and polish

20. Observant for an observer, experiential
For a wavering, with you refutation and unraveling

21. Of intents for who opposes you, deaf
Creatures for who befriends you, bees

22. You straighten the twisted and defective and prohibit
Him from this and that, a cure and madness

23. So leave gratitude to me, for I did not dress you
With praise falsely, nor deck you with accolades

24. You are one who has not ceased to be adorned and dressed
In every praise, so you are not ascribed heedlessness

25. And it is forbidden upon me, your honor disgraced
Never have I seen my honor disgraced

26. So stick to the truth, it is for both parties
Salvation, and betrayal rewards you betrayal

27. And the secretive conversation grows, so it enlivens
After enmities died down, humbled