1. الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الحَكيمِ المانِح

    مُصَرِّف السّحابِ وَاللَّواقِح

    Praise be to God, the Wise, the Bestower,

    Who directs the clouds and the fertilizing winds.

  2. صَرفها بِأَحسَن المَقاصِد

    مِن أَجلِ أَن يمن بِالفَوائِد

    He directed them toward the finest purposes,

    so that He might graciously bestow benefits.

  3. وَالناسُ بَينَ شاكِر وَجاحِد

    وَكُلّهم مُفتَقِر للواحِد

    And people are divided between the grateful and the thankless,

    and all of them are in need of the One.

  4. ثم الصَّلاة مَع سَلام دائِم

    لسَيد تَمَّت بِهِ المَكارِم

    Then blessings, together with everlasting peace,

    upon a master through whom noble virtues were perfected.

  5. أبدِي مَعان بِجَوامِع الكَلِم

    مُختَلِفات وَحلاها مُنتَظِم

    He set forth meanings in concise, comprehensive speech,

    diverse, yet their jewels are strung in order.

  6. رَسوله إِلى جَميعِ الناسِ

    وآله أَهل النَّدي وَالباس

    His messenger to all people,

    and his family, people of generosity and valor,

  7. وَصَحبُه ساداتنا الأَبرار

    هُم المُهاجِرونَ وَالأنصار

    and his companions, our righteous masters:

    they are the Emigrants and the Helpers.

  8. وَبعد لَما كانَت العزيه

    مفردَة في فَنِّها سنيَّه

    Now then, since al-ʿIzziyyah was

    peerless in its discipline and distinguished,

  9. فَهيَ إِلى التَّصريفِ نعم الموصلَه

    مَدنية لِبُعدِه مسهلَه

    it is an excellent guide to morphology,

    bringing its remote aspects near and making it easy.

  10. وكانَت الإخوان بِالأحساءِ

    بِشَأنِ حِفظِها ذوي اعتِناء

    And the brethren in al-Aḥsāʾ were

    keenly concerned with memorizing it.

  11. نَظَمتها لأن حِفظَ الشِّعر

    يَفوقُ في الغالِب حِفظ النَّثر

    I put it into verse, because memorizing poetry

    usually surpasses memorizing prose.

  12. وافعَلَّ كاحمرَّ احمراراً خدها

    من خجل حتى تبدي عقدها

    And the pattern ifʿalla, as in: her cheek reddened with a blush

    from shyness, until she revealed her necklace.

  13. هَذي الذي وعدت أني أنظمه

    في فَن صَرف واللَّبيب يغنمه

    This is what I promised I would compose in verse,

    in the art of morphology, and the discerning profit from it.

  14. تَم بِعَونِ رَبِّنا اللَّطيف

    عَلَى لِسان عَبده الضَّعيف

    It was completed with the help of our Gentle Lord,

    upon the tongue of His weak servant,

  15. مَن مِن ذُنوبه إلَيه يلتَجي

    عَبد العَزيزِ القرشِي العلجِي

    who seeks refuge in Him from his sins:

    ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Qurashī al-ʿAljī.

  16. سَمَيته مباسِم الغَواني

    مقرباً عزية الزّنجاني

    I named it Mabāsim al-Ghawānī (The Smiling Mouths of Fair Maidens),

    bringing al-Zanjānī’s ʿIzziyyah within reach.

  17. عَن أَربع مِن المِئاتِ يَنجَلي

    وعشرة وأَربَعينَ كمل

    It amounts to four hundred,

    and ten and forty complete it.

  18. ثُم صَلاة اللَّهِ مَع سَلامه

    ما لاحَ ضَوءُ البَرقِ في غَمامِه

    Then God’s blessings, together with His peace,

    as long as lightning’s light flashes in its clouds,

  19. عَلَى نَبِي لِلنَّبِيينَ ختم

    مُحَمَّد سَيِّد عرب وعَجَم

    upon a prophet, the seal of the prophets:

    Muhammad, master of Arabs and non-Arabs,

  20. منور الكَونِ بِأَنوارِ الهُدى

    وَصاحِب المقام في يَوم الندا

    illuminating the universe with the lights of guidance,

    and holder of the Station on the Day of the Call,

  21. وَآله الكِرام مَع أصحابِه

    من مَدحِهم نَتلوه في كِتابِه

    and upon his noble family, together with his companions,

    whose praise we recite in His Book.

  22. وَجاءَ في التَّوراةِ والإِنجيل

    تَبجيلهم عَن رَبِّنا الجَليل

    And in the Torah and the Gospel came

    the honor accorded them by our Majestic Lord.