1. ابنُ العليميّ مخصوصٌ بأربعةٍ

    شاعت فأصبح عنها يضرب المثل

    Ibn al-Alimi is marked by four traits:

    They became widely known, and he became a byword for them:

  2. في صدره حرجٌ في سلفهِ سعةٌ

    في رأسهِ خفَّةٌ في نفسهِ ثقل

    Narrowness in his breast, breadth in his ancestry;

    Lightness in his head, heaviness in his soul.