1. O poet, exalted above
Being compared to other poets

2. And o eloquent, articulate one
Who surpassed the eloquent

3. Your poetry comes to heal
Its reader from every malady

4. Like closeness after estrangement
And reunion after separation

5. Or like the pleasure of one hopeful
Of attaining his wish

6. Whence got you that I
Count you among the unrefined

7. While to the soul you are dearer
Than wealth and immortality