زَعَموا وَلَم أَكُ شاهِداً لِمَقالَةٍ

أَنَّ الخَطيبَ لَدى الإِمامِ الهَيثَمُ

They claimed, though I was no witness to the saying,

That the orator with Imam Al-Haytham

صَدَرَت وُفودُ الناسِ عَن كَلِماتِهِ

بِالشامِ إِذ خَرَجَ الإِمامُ الأَعظَمُ

The people came in droves due to his words

In Syria, when the greatest Imam emerged