1. هَذهِ حُجرة بَناها محبٌّ

    لِأبي عَمرٍو الإِمام الشهيرِ

    This is a chamber built by a devotee

    for Abu ʿAmr, the renowned imam.

  2. قالَ لي قائِل فَمَن ذا بَناها

    أَنتَ فيهِ وَلا اِمتِرا بِالخبيرِ

    Someone said to me, 'Who, then, built it?

    You are, without doubt, the expert on it.'

  3. قُلت فَاِسمَع وَدُمتَ أَرِّخ محبّاً

    قَد بَناها محمّدُ الفاخوري

    I said, 'Then listen—and may you live on—lovingly record its date:

    Muhammad al-Fakhuri has built it.'