1. Our revered teacher, from whom we hope
Protection from all that time may bring,
١. استاذنا والذي نؤمله
للدهر من كل ما يحاذرُهُ
2. This is a wine whose beauty I saw,
Sweetly palatable to its drinker.
٢. هذا نبيذ رايته حسناً
مستعذباً يرتضيه خابرُهُ
3. My excuse for praising it excessively
Is that its inner nature matches its outside.
٣. وإن عذري في فرط قلته
باطنه واضح وظاهرُهُ
4. Since this which I have sent you
Is the first and last of our stock.
٤. إذ كان هذا الذي بعثت به
أول ما عندنا وآخرُهُ