1. إِذَا كنتُ مَشغُولاً بعِلمِ الفَرَانِسِ

    ومِن دَرسِ عِلمِ النَّحوِ لَستَ بِآيِسِ

    If I am occupied with the study of French,

    and you have not despaired of studying grammar,

  2. فدونكَ ذَا الحَبر الجُنًَيدِيَ عَالِماً

    وجدد منهما كُلَّ عافٍ ودَارِسِ

    then turn to this erudite man, al-Junaydi, a learned scholar,

    and renew in both all that has faded and been effaced.