حمداً لمن جعل الإجازةَ سُلَّمَا

يَرِثُ المُجَازُ بنَيْلها نسباً سَمَا

Praise be to the One who made vacation a ladder

Through which knowledge inherits lineage, reaching for the sky

وصَلاَتهُ وسلامُه أبداً على

خَيْرِ الورى متعلّماً ومُعَلِّمَا

And may His prayers and peace be upon

The best of creation, as a student and teacher

ولآله وجميعِ أمّته الرّضى

لا سيّما علماؤهم لا سيما

And upon his family and all his nation's pleasure

Especially its scholars, without doubt

هذا وإنّ الفاضل ابْنَ سَلاَمةٍ

ذاك الذي مَتْنَ الكَمَالِ تَسَنَّمَا

This is the eminent Ibn Salama

Who reached the pinnacle of perfection

هَشَّتْ إلى نَيْلِ الإجازة نَفْسُهُ

لمّا رآها للأفاضل مَغْنَمَا

His soul yearned for gaining this authorization

When he saw it as a bounty for the eminent

فمن الفقير لها الْتجَا مَعْ أنّني

ما كنتُ للظّمآنِ فيها مَعْلَمَا

So I, despite being not well-versed

In quenching the thirsty, came seeking it

لكن رَجَوْتُ تَشبُّهاً برجالها

آبائِنا العُلَمَا وَمَنْ يُشْبِهْ فَمَا

But I hoped, emulating its men

Our fathers of knowledge – and whoever emulates, so be it

فأقول إنّي قد أَجَزْتُ له بلا

ثني روايةَ ما يصحّ لِيَ انتما

Thus I say I have authorized him, without

Hesitation, to narrate what is valid to relate

مُوصٍ كما أُوصيت بالتّقوى التي

أوصى بها القرآن نصّاً مُحْكَمَا

Advising, as I was advised, piety

As the Quran advised it clearly and wisely

من كلّ ما أدريه وأرويه لا

الجُعفيّ أَقّصِدُه فقط أو مُسْلِمَا

Of all I know and narrate, not intending

Al-Ju’fi nor Muslim in specific

وبدعوةٍ منه بقلبٍ حاضرٍ

أرجو بها حُسْنَ الختام مُكَرَّما

And with a prayer from him, with a present heart

I hope for an honorable ending, esteemed

واللّهِ إبراهيمُ يحمَد مُهْدِياً

أَزْكى الصّلاة على الرّسول مُسَلِّمَا

By God, Ibrahim praises, guiding

The best prayer upon the Messenger, submitting