أحْسَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تَحَرَّى

أحْسَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تَحَرَّى

بِذا الكِتَابِ الجَلِيلِ

بِذا الكِتَابِ الجَلِيلِ

Well done, you who took such care

You have done well, O you who strove

with this noble book,

With this sublime and glorious book,

إذْ جِئْتَ فِيهِ بِصُنعٍ

إذْ جِئْتَ فِيهِ بِصُنعٍ

عَذبِ المَقَالِ نَبِيلِ

عَذبِ المَقَالِ نَبِيلِ

for in it you have fashioned a work

Bringing in it a gentle, refined eloquence

sweet in expression and noble,

That reveals the refinement of taste of him it spared.

يُبدِي عَلَى مَنْ جَناهُ

يُبدِي عَلَى مَنْ جَناهُ

فِي الذَّوقِ أيَّ دَلِيلِ

فِي الذَّوقِ أيَّ دَلِيلِ

revealing its gatherer's

It is for this I have lodged it

taste—what a testament!

In the house of sublime art-

مِنْ أجلِ ذَا أرَّخُوه

مِنْ أجلِ ذَا أرَّخُوه

في بَيتِ فَنّ أثِيل

في بَيتِ فَنّ أثِيل

For this reason they recorded its date

Your collection has gained knowledge

in a verse of venerable art:

That has no equal.

مَجْمُوعُكُمْ حَازَ عِلْماً

مَجْمُوعُكُمْ حَازَ عِلْماً

مَا إنْ لَهُ مِنْ مَثِيلِ

مَا إنْ لَهُ مِنْ مَثِيلِ

Your collection has amassed knowledge;

it has no equal.