استاذنا والذي نؤمله

للدهر من كل ما يحاذرُهُ

Our revered teacher, from whom we hope

Protection from all that time may bring,

هذا نبيذ رايته حسناً

مستعذباً يرتضيه خابرُهُ

This is a wine whose beauty I saw,

Sweetly palatable to its drinker.

وإن عذري في فرط قلته

باطنه واضح وظاهرُهُ

My excuse for praising it excessively

Is that its inner nature matches its outside.

إذ كان هذا الذي بعثت به

أول ما عندنا وآخرُهُ

Since this which I have sent you

Is the first and last of our stock.