1. قَسَماً بمكَّةَ والحطيمِ وزَمزَمِ

    والرُكنِ والبَيتِ الشريف الأعظَمِ

    I swear by Mecca, al-Hatim, and Zamzam,

    and by the Corner and the noble, most exalted House:

  2. ما إن سمعتُ بمشرِقٍ أو مَغربٍ

    كلّا ولا في الروم أو في الديلَمِ

    never have I heard, in east or west—

    no, nor in Rum or in Daylam—

  3. مِثلَ الفقيه البارعِ اللسِنِ الأديبِ

    اللوذَعِيِّ محمَّدِ بن الأصرَمِ

    of anyone like the accomplished jurist, eloquent and learned,

    the keen-witted Muhammad ibn al-Asram.