1. ما رأينا كطالبٍ للإجازهْ

    برويّ أرى الورىَ إعجازهْ

    We have seen none like this seeker of authorization:

    through a rhyme, he showed humankind his inimitable skill,

  2. واصل غاية المدى بجواد

    أحرزَ الخصلَ في الجياد المجازهْ

    reaching the farthest end of the course on a steed

    that won the prize among the steeds it outstripped.

  3. هو يُدعى محمداً وأبا الفضلِ

    لفضل لا يرتضى إيجازهْ

    He is called Muhammad and Abu al-Fadl,

    for merit that no brief account can do justice to.

  4. وإذا ما انتمى إلى آل تجا

    نى فنجم سامي السها ثم جازهْ

    And when he traces his lineage to the house of Tijani,

    he is a star that rivaled al-Suha in height, then surpassed it.

  5. جاءَنا شعرهُ مُحلّى بحلي

    بالغ من صدوره أعجازهْ

    His poetry came to us adorned with ornaments

    extending from its opening hemistichs to its closing ones.

  6. سبعةٌ كالنجومِ تهدى إلى النْ

    نَظْمِ ابتداء من قائل أو أجازهْ

    Seven verses, like stars, guide the way to

    poetry, whether begun by a poet or completed in response.

  7. قلْ له أيُّها البليغُ سمعنا

    فاسمع الوعدَ ثم خذ إنجازهْ

    Tell him: O eloquent one, we have heard;

    so hear the promise, then receive its fulfillment.

  8. فأخوكم يُجيزكم عن شيوخٍ

    حاسنوا الشرق شامه وحجازهْ

    For your brother grants you authorization on the authority of masters

    who rivaled the East in splendor—its Sham and its Hijaz.

  9. مثل قاضي الجماعةِ ابن بقي

    عن أبيه وجدّه بإجازهْ

    Such as the chief judge Ibn Baqi,

    from his father and his grandfather, by authorization;

  10. وعن ابن الباج وابن الشلو

    بين أجازه قبل خطب الإجازهْ

    and from Ibn al-Baj and Ibn al-Shalawbin,

    who authorized him before he sought authorization;

  11. وعن ابن الفحّام شيخ جليل

    علمَ الناسُ نسكه وانحجازهْ

    and from Ibn al-Fahham, a venerable master,

    whose devotion and self-restraint were known to the people.

  12. فارو عنه عنهم وإن شئت أيضاً

    فاروِ أشعاره وزدْ أرجازهْ

    So transmit from him, on their authority; and if you also wish,

    then transmit his poems, and add his rajaz verses.

  13. إنه ناظمٌ أسنّ وقد سنَّ

    من النظم كنهه ومجازهْ

    He is a poet grown old, and he has laid down

    the essence of verse and its figurative expression.

  14. مالكُ بن المرحلِ اختط هذا

    وهو أولى أن يستجيز مجازهْ

    Malik ibn al-Murahhal penned this,

    though he ought rather to seek authorization from the man he authorizes.

  15. قاله عام ستةٍ وثمانين

    وستٍ من المئاتِ مجازهْ

    He composed it in the year eighty-six,

    six centuries having already passed.

  16. وبحمد الإله في كلِّ حالٍ

    وبمدحِ الرسولِ نرجو الإجازهْ

    And by praising God in every circumstance,

    and by praising the Messenger, we hope for reward.