1. دققتَ فِي الفطنة حَتَّى لقد

    أبْدَيتَ مَا يَسْحَرُ أَوْ يَسْبى

    You were so subtle in discernment that indeed

    you revealed what enchants or captivates.

  2. وصرتَ فِي أعلى مَقاماتِها

    حَيْثُ يَراكَ الناس كالشهْبِ

    And you attained its highest stations,

    where people see you like the shooting stars.

  3. وَسارَ مَا سَيَّرت من جَوْهَر ال

    حِكْمَةَ فِي الشَّرق وَفِي الغرْبِ

    And what you sent forth spread abroad—the jewels of

    wisdom—in the East and in the West.

  4. ثُمَّ تَنَازَلْتَ إِلَى حَيْثُ لا

    يَنْزلُ ذُو فَهْم وَلا لُب

    Then you descended to where no

    person of understanding or reason descends.

  5. تُثْبِتُ مَا تَجْحَدُهُ فِطْرَةُ ال

    عَقْلِ وَلا تَشْعُرُ بِالخَطْبِ

    You affirm what is denied by the innate nature of

    reason, yet you do not perceive the calamity.

  6. أنْتَ دَلِيلٌ لي عَلَى أَنَّهُ

    يُحالُ بَيْنَ الْمَرء والقلب

    You are proof to me that

    a barrier is placed between a man and his heart.