1. The eloquent scholars who have savored
The sweetness of knowledge unfed to others

2. Peace from Allah, peace and mercy
Envelop you, sleepy and awake

3. A stranger's question without roaming his land
In distance, bewilderment connects to bewilderment

4. If the guide likens his face to the guide's face
Their faces become alike in the lost one's eyes

5. Read it, O people of Fez, the answer
In eloquent, excellent phrasing

6. The knowledge of eloquence and its right rose with you
When fancy strayed into shaking thoughts

7. I ask you, what is the secret of our Lord's revelation
Blessed be His glory from His brother's vessel

8. Yet nothing came from Him or from His vessel
For a subtle matter He then inspired His brother

9. If the secrets of meanings are hidden
Their visions are the thoughts of each prophet

10. You, son of Zakariyya, are the verifying imam
You were unique in the world, with no peer

11. If you delve into a sea you attain its pearls
And leave its spume and rubbish

12. It provides you in mastering sought knowledge
The analogy of a fundamentalist and text of a jurist

13. And may He who originated you as a star protect you
By it the lost seek guidance and perceive it