تأملتُ الكتابَ فكان فيه

تأملتُ الكتابَ فكان فيه

مواقِعُ سَهْوِ ما خَطَّتْ يداكا

مواقِعُ سَهْوِ ما خَطَّتْ يداكا

I examined the book, and in it were

I examined the book and found in it

instances of oversight in what your two hands had written.

Places of lapse from what your hand had inscribed

فاصلحناه كي يُضْحِي صَحيحاً

فاصلحناه كي يُضْحِي صَحيحاً

ويَنْسِبُ قارئوه إليك ذاكا

ويَنْسِبُ قارئوه إليك ذاكا

So we corrected it so that it would be sound,

So we corrected it that it may become sound

and its readers attribute that to you.

And its readers attribute it to you