1. قد حاكت الأعداد روض فوائدٍ

    بمحاسن التلخيص والتهذيبِ

    The numbers have mirrored a garden of benefits,

    through the beauties of abridgment and refinement.

  2. فيها الأصول صحيحة وفروعها

    تغني عن الترتيب بالترتيب

    Within them the roots are sound, and their branches

    make ordering needless through their own order.

  3. نروي الفصاحة من مؤلفها الذي

    جأت بلاغته بكل عجيبِ

    We transmit eloquent speech from their author, whose

    eloquence has brought forth every marvel:

  4. مكسيموس المفضال بطرير كنا

    بدر العلوم وفخر كل لبيبِ

    Maximos the munificent, our patriarch,

    the full moon of learning and the pride of every sage.

  5. بالفرض قد حاز القداسة والتقى

    وقد استحق الفضل بالتعصيبِ

    He has gained holiness and piety as his fixed share,

    and has earned excellence by residuary inheritance.