1. Gone is subtlety, for what cleverness remains
In what we see with isolation among people?

2. True wit belongs to one whose intellect
Transcends the masses and their ways.

3. Judge of Damascus, scholar al-Asma'i
Whose wisdom flows like dew, steadfast and lofty

4. His excellence refutes the recent ages -
With proof and method he enlightens minds.

5. Grasping threads of tradition, revealing
Knowledge, experience and skillful care;

6. Keen eyes penetrate quandaries, sweeping
Aside perplexities that would ensnare.

7. Judicious criticism none can penetrate,
And clear illumination of subtle ties;

8. With meticulous purity his wisdom came
To capture minds and rapture spirits wise.

9. Fair are his traces and his feats that render
Souls fragrant - with them memory never dies.