أَعَجِبتَ أَن رَكِبَ ابنُ حَزمٍ بَغلَةً

أَعَجِبتَ أَن رَكِبَ ابنُ حَزمٍ بَغلَةً

فَركوبُهُ فَوقَ المَنابِرِ أَعجَبُ

فَركوبُهُ فَوقَ المَنابِرِ أَعجَبُ

Were you astonished that Ibn Hazm rode a mule?

You have marveled that the son of Hazm rode a she-mule,

For his mounting the pulpits is more astonishing.

Yet his riding atop the pulpits is more wondrous.

وَعَجِبتَ أَن جَعَلَ ابن حَزمٍ حاجِباً

وَعَجِبتَ أَن جَعَلَ ابن حَزمٍ حاجِباً

سُبحانَ مَن جَعَلَ ابنَ حَزمٍ يُحجَبُ

سُبحانَ مَن جَعَلَ ابنَ حَزمٍ يُحجَبُ

And you were astonished that Ibn Hazm appointed a chamberlain!

You were astonished that the son of Hazm was made a chamberlain,

Glory be to Him who had Ibn Hazm screened from visitors!

Glory to Him who made the son of Hazm veiled.