1. O paragon of the world, leave al-Misri aside—already

    he has been eclipsed by the fame of al-Fadil al-Nisani.

  2. By my oath, it is you who have the better claim to the words

    al-Saʿid spoke because of the greatness of that matter:

  3. In your assembly, awe has claimed its full due,

    and there you see the innocent looking just like the guilty.

  4. If I could, I would transfer from his dīwān

    this encomium, as a duty laid upon my own dīwān.

Sol 5.6