1. درستُ الفقهَ علماً والأُصولا

    وعلمَ بلاغةٍ دَرساً جَميلا

    I studied jurisprudence as a science, and its principles,

    And made a fine study of the science of rhetoric.

  2. وبعدَ المنطقِ التوحيدُ صِرفٌ

    ونحوٌ لم أكُن منه مَلولا

    And after logic came theology and morphology,

    And grammar, of which I never grew weary.

  3. حسابٌ سِيرَةٌ أدَبٌ وعِلمُ ال

    فرائِضِ لا أُرَى في ذا كَسولا

    Arithmetic, biography, literature, and the science of

    Inheritance shares—in this I am not considered lazy.

  4. وللتَّاريخِ والتَّوقيتش وقُتٌ

    وهندسةٌ قرأتُ بها قَليلا

    And for history and timekeeping there was time,

    And geometry, in which I did a little reading.

  5. كذاك مبادىءُ التَّفسيرِ بعدَ ال

    حَديثِ لغيرها كانت مَثيلا

    Likewise, the rudiments of exegesis, after the

    Hadith, were on a par with the other subjects.

  6. فبعضٌ لم أزَل فيه مُجِداًّ

    وجُلٌّ قد شَفيتُ به الغَليلا

    In some I have never ceased working diligently,

    And in most I have quenched my burning thirst.

  7. وهذي لي الشَّهادةُ مِن شًيوخٍ

    على قَولي وصِحََّتِه دَليلا

    And this certificate I have from my teachers

    Is proof of my statement and its truth.

  8. وكم قد أرهَقوني في امتحانٍ

    وما وجَدوا لإخفاقي سَبيلا

    And how often they put me through grueling examinations,

    Yet they found no way to make me fail.