لم أُفسِّرْ غريبها لك لكِنْ

لامرئٍ يجهلُ الغريبَ سواكا

I did not explain its strangeness to you, but

No man is ignorant of strangeness except you.

فعساها تَمُرّ بالعينِ ممَّنْ

ليْسَ في العلمِ جارياً مَجْراكا

Perhaps it will pass before the eye of one

Who has no peer in knowledge like you.

فابسُطِ العُذْرَ لي وأنتَ حَمِيدٌ

مع ما أنت باسِطٌ من نداكا

So pardon me while you are praiseworthy,

With all that you extend of your generosity.

أنت أعْلى من أن تُفات بعلم

أو يُداني مدى عليمٍ مداكا

You are too lofty to be surpassed in knowledge

Or to be approached by one of extensive knowledge like you.