أيَا بَابُ بيتُ العِلم أنتَ بِه أدرَى

ويُثلِجُ ما تُبدِيهِ مِن عِلمِكَ الصَّدرَا

O door of the house of knowledge, you are most knowing of it

And your knowledge brings coolness to the chest

لَكَ اللهُ مِن بَدرٍ منير إذا دَجَت

لَيَالى العويص اللِّيل كُنتَ لَها بَدرَا

May God grant you a bright full moon when the dark nights of hardship fall

You were a full moon lighting those difficult nights

ومشكلةٍ أَعيَت وَعَزَّت أبَنتَها

وأوضَحتَها نَظماً وأوقَعتَهَا نَثرَا

For a problem that exhausted and was most complex

You made it clear in prose and lucid in verse

جَزاكَ إلَهُ العَرشِ خَيرَ جَزَائِهِ

وأولاَكَ أني سِرتَ مِن نَصرِهِ نَصرَا

May the God of the throne reward you with the best of rewards

And grant you continuous victory through His aid