ها كَوكَب الفَضل في مَهد العُلوم علا

وَغَيهب الجَهل عَن آفاته رَحلا

Behold the star of excellence in the cradle of knowledge shone

And ignorance of its harms went away

وَشَمسه أَشرَقَت في الكَون بَهجَتُها

وَضَوؤها عَمَّ مِنهُ السَهل وَالجَبلا

Its sun rose radiating joy across the universe

And its light reached both plain and hill

وَرَوضة العلم قامَت في مَنابرها

بَلابلٌ وَعظها للسامِعين حلا

The garden of knowledge flourished in its pulpits

Nightingales and preachers for the listeners gathered

وَتِلكَ راياته في مصر قَد نشرت

مِن فوق هامات أَبناء لَها نُبَلا

And its banners in Egypt were unfurled

Above the resolute sons of noble descent

وَشَيدت حُصنه للداوريْ هممٌ

مَقرونة بِسَخاءٍ غَيثُه هَطلا

And for the afflicted, ambitions built its fortress

Coupled with generosity whose rain poured

وَكَيفَ لا وَهُوَ لَمّا أَمَّ ساحته

أَولاه مِن فَيضه فَوقَ الَّذي سَألا

How could it not when he led its realm

Bestowed upon it from his bounty beyond what was sought

وَجدّد الكُتب بِالطَبع البَديع وَكَم

أَحيا نُفوس فُنون جسمُها نَحلا

Renewed books with excellent print, and how many

Gave life to the essence of arts that had withered

مِنها كِتاب اِبن خَلدون الَّذي شَغفت

بِهِ المُلوك وَأَضحى في الوَرى مثلا

Among them the book of Ibn Khaldun which fascinated

Kings and became an example in the world

وَكانَ كَالدُرّ في الأَصداف مُختَفِياً

فَلاحَ كَالبَدر بِالأَنوار مُشتَمِلا

It was as a pearl hidden in shells

Shining like the full moon with lights embraced

وَصار في كُل واد بَعد نَشأته ال

أخرى لِهَذا العَزيز الشَهم مُبتهلا

And after its rise, in every valley continuously

Another supplicated for this honorable, generous one

فَلا تَرى بُقعة في الأَرض مِنهُخَلَت

مِن بَعد تَمثيله طَبعاً كَما نُقِلا

You will not see a spot on earth that has been devoid

Of it after its printing, as it was conveyed

وَلَم يزَل كُلَّما آياته تَليت

يُثنَى عَلى مَصرَ ما نَفعٌ بِهِ حَصلا

And whenever its verses are recited, praise of Egypt persists

For the benefit attained through it fully

وَجودة الرَأي في تَحريره اِحتفلت

بشكرها دَولة الأَقلام إِذ كَملا

The excellence of thought in its editing was celebrated

With gratitude, the state of pens when complete

فَيا لَهُ مِن كِتاب لَيسَ يَفضلُهُ

في بابه غَيرُه عِلماً وَلا عَمَلا

What a book with no match in its field

In knowledge or deed to surpass it can be found

لَما اِنتَهى قالَت البُشرى مُؤرخةً

سَهم اِبن خَلدون بِالطَبع المُنيف عَلا

When concluded, good tidings the chronicler stated

The arrow of Ibn Khaldun with fine print flew high