1. أكرم اللّه مستجيزاً أتانا

    منهُ شعرُ سامي السماك وجازه

    May God honor a seeker of authorization who came to us,

    whose verse rivaled al-Simāk in height and surpassed it.

  2. صدرتْ عنهُ قطعةُ سحرتنا

    أيُّ سحر أحلّه واستجازه

    A piece issued from him that bewitched us—

    what magic he made lawful and deemed permissible!

  3. أطلعتْ سبعةً كمثل الدراري

    حقرّت عند رؤية أرجازه

    It brought forth seven, like brilliant stars,

    stars that paled at the sight of his rajaz verses.

  4. يا أبا الفضل يا فتى آل تي

    جان عنينا بما طلبتَ نجازه

    O Abū al-Faḍl, O youth of the house of Tījān,

    we have attended to completing what you requested.

  5. إن تكنْ تؤثر الإجازة فاقب

    لْ عن عُبيد الإله هذي الإجازة

    If you prefer an authorization, then accept

    this authorization from God's humble servant.

  6. هو يُنمي إلى قريشٍ ويُكنى

    جدّه بالربيع فاعد مجازه

    He traces his lineage to Quraysh, and his grandfather

    is known as al-Rabīʿ; so follow his path.

  7. واروِ عنه ما قالهُ ورواهُ

    فالكلامُ المنظومُ فيه وجازه

    And relate from him what he said and narrated,

    for speech in verse has concision.

  8. وعلى الشرطِ في حقيقة نقل

    أننا لا نُجيز فيه مجازه

    And on the condition of faithful transmission:

    we permit no figurative license in it.

  9. قاله عامَ ستةٍ وثمانين

    وستٍ من المئات مجازه

    He composed it in the year six-and-eighty,

    with six hundreds already passed.

  10. أحمدُ اللهَ ثمَّ أهدي سلامي

    لرسولٍ به أعزَّ حجازه

    I praise God, then offer my greetings

    to the Messenger, through whom He exalted his Ḥijāz.