1. O you whose footsteps in excellence are firmly rooted
And you whose banner in knowledge is raised high

2. And you whose words cut like an unsheathed sword
And whose mind in poetry is an overflowing spring

3. Your talent assists your versification
For not all who recite poetry have talent

4. Far from your heart be the cracks and pains
That afflict the heart shattered by those who oppose you

5. If you spend the night swearing an oath of sorrow
While exhausted by the affliction of days

6. Such is the nature of life that fools not the valiant
Who wakes still fooled by what had attracted him

7. Your poetry has removed my troubles
Every single of its verses carefully crafted

8. Poetry that teaches its hearer the art of verse
With antithesis, paronomasia, and embellishment

9. While others’ poetry is like basil without fragrance
When its wood withers in the palm without returning

10. So live in peace and devote yourself to the literati
O you who unite the people of merit

11. If sorrow has been your companion when we parted
You are not the first youth to be distressed by farewell