الشّافِعِيُّ أجلُّ النَّاسِ منزلَةً

وأعظمُ النَّاسِ في دِينِ الهُدى أثَرا

The Shafi'i is the greatest of men in status,

And has the greatest impact in the religion of guidance.

العَدلُ سِيَرتُهُ والصِّدقِ شِمَتُهُ

والسِّحرُ منظومُةُ والدُّرُّ إنْ نَثَرا

Justice is his conduct, and truth his mark,

His prose is magic, and his verse like pearls scattered.

فقُلْ لِمنْ باعَهُ وابتاعَ كاسِدَهْ

أراكَ بِعتْ بخُرْصِ النَّخلَةِ الكَثَرا

Say to the one who sold him and bought his defective wares:

I see you sold the many clustered fruits of the palm tree.