The lexicon in the terminology of science, even the sciences of printing, means the councils of printing scholars. Although this is a type of music, it indicates the attention of these lands to verifying all things, whether for males or females. For women have great compositions, and among them are translators of books from one language to another, with good phrasing, composition, and quality. And among them are those who excel in their compositions and elegant discussions. From this, it appears to you that the saying of some wise men, "A man's beauty is his intellect, and a woman's beauty is her tongue," is not suitable for those lands. This is because it overlooks the intellect, intuition, and understanding of women, and their knowledge. As for French literary sciences, they are not bad, but their language and poetry are... (the text is cut off here). It is customary for the ignorant Greeks to deify what they admire, saying, for example, "The god of beauty, the god of love, the god of so-and-so." Thus, their statements are sometimes outright blasphemy, even though they do not mean what they say, but rather it is by way of metaphor and the like. In summary, many French poems are not bad, and I have translated for you something from some of their poems, translated from the words of some of them, by the poor servant.

And when hearts give charity, they see all as noble. Like a ship that sails to a place that is formidable. Longing for a time of happiness, if it were true, it would be stingy. And his saying, translated for me: Leave my heart with you, O imagined helper, who increases. My soul has been scorched by wounds, and I am not able to heal. And my joy in love is a melody, like the vibrant flower of paper. And from the poem called "The Arrangement of Necklaces in the Breaking of the Lute" by Al-Makhawaja Ya'qub Al-Masri.