أأصحابَ نا يا صاحِبَ الأدباءِ

ويا نخبة الكُتّابِ والشُّعراءِ

O our companions, O companion of the cultured,

And O elite of writers and poets,

لأعطيتُكُم فَصلَ الخطابِ وَوَصلَهُ

فيعجزُ عنكُم واصلُ بن عَطاءِ

I would have given you the introduction and connection of discourse,

But Wasel ibn Ataa is at a loss before you.