صَاغَ الإمَامُ العَالِمُ ابْنُ الحَاجِبُ

دُرَراً مَعَانيهَا كَغَمزِالحَاجِبِ

The Imam, the scholar Ibn Al-Hajib

Has crafted pearls, their hints like an eyebrow's wink

تَخفى عَلى الأفهَامِ مُقْتَضَيَاتُهَا

فَكَأنَّهَا عَن أن تُرى في حَاجِبِ

Their implications are hidden from minds

As if they refuse to be seen through the eyebrow

فإذا اللَّبيبُ الألْمُعيُّ أجادَهَا

قَالَتْ أنا السِّحرُ الحَلالُ فَحَاجِ بِي

But when the brilliant adept masters them

They say, "I am the lawful magic, so debate me"