يا عالماً عاملاً قدْ جلَّ تشبيهاً

عنِ البدورِ وفي العلياءِ يحكيها

O learned man who is exalted in similes

Above the full moons, though the stars relate his tale,

وفاضلاً فاضلاً تحوي بدايتُهُ

مِنَ النهايةِ تهذيباً وتنبيها

And o virtuous man whose beginning contains

His end in the way of rectitude and counsel -

لا ما حججتَ بل الآدابُ أجمعُها

وما قدِمْتَ بل الدنيا وما فيها

Not what you have debated but all refinement combined,

Not what you have offered but the whole world and what is in it.