1. حَظُّ الكريمِ وَإِن تطاولَ عُمرُه

    ذِكرٌ يَفُوزُ بهِ مع الأَيّامِ

    The noble man's share, however long his life may be,

    is renown he wins with the passing days.

  2. يَبقى مَعَ التَّقوى وَيَخلُدُ بَعدَهُ

    وَحَياتُه حُلُمٌ مِنَ الأَحلامِ

    It endures with piety and lives on forever after him,

    while his life is a dream among dreams.

  3. وَلئِن تَجانَفَتِ العُلا عن مَعشَرٍ

    فَلَشدَّ ما جَنَحت إِلى ابنِ هِشامِ

    And though glory has turned away from a people,

    yet how strongly it has inclined toward Ibn Hisham!

  4. أَلقى إليهِ العِلمُ مِن أَفلاذِهِ

    ما صانَهُ عَن عَلمِ كُلِّ إِمامِ

    Knowledge has imparted to him, from its choicest treasures,

    what it kept hidden from every master's knowledge.