أَعْنِي بِهِ الحَسَنَ بنَ يَحْيَى مَنْ غَدا

فَرْدَ الزّمانِ وحَبْرَهُ المتَبحِّرا

I meant by it Al-Hasan ibn Yahya

He who became the singular of the time and its most knowledgeable scholar

السابِقَ الأَعْلامِ فَهْوَ مُقَدَّمٌ

يَوْمَ الرِّهانِ وغَيْرُهُ فِيهِ وَرَا

The foremost among the elite, he is ahead

On the day of the bet, while the rest trail behind