زعمتَ أبا سهلٍ بأنَّك جامعٌ

زعمتَ أبا سهلٍ بأنَّك جامعٌ

ضروباً من الآداب يجمعها الكَهلُ

ضروباً من الآداب يجمعها الكَهلُ

You claimed, Abu Sahl, that you gather

You claimed, Abu Sahl, that you have mastered

kinds of learning that a mature man gathers.

Various disciplines, as an old man might.

وَهَبكَ تقولُ الحقَّ أي فضيلةٍ

وَهَبكَ تقولُ الحقَّ أي فضيلةٍ

تكون لذي عِلمٍ وليس له عَقلُ

تكون لذي عِلمٍ وليس له عَقلُ

And suppose you speak the truth—what merit

Yet what merit lies in truth-telling, you ask,

does one with knowledge but no reason have?

For one with knowledge, but devoid of wit?