استاذنا والذي نؤمله

استاذنا والذي نؤمله

للدهر من كل ما يحاذرُهُ

للدهر من كل ما يحاذرُهُ

Our master, in whom we place our hopes,

Our revered teacher, from whom we hope

against time and all that one dreads:

Protection from all that time may bring,

هذا نبيذ رايته حسناً

هذا نبيذ رايته حسناً

مستعذباً يرتضيه خابرُهُ

مستعذباً يرتضيه خابرُهُ

This is wine I found fine,

This is a wine whose beauty I saw,

pleasant to drink, pleasing to one who knows it.

Sweetly palatable to its drinker.

وإن عذري في فرط قلته

وإن عذري في فرط قلته

باطنه واضح وظاهرُهُ

باطنه واضح وظاهرُهُ

And indeed, my excuse for its very small quantity

My excuse for praising it excessively

is clear, both inwardly and outwardly:

Is that its inner nature matches its outside.

إذ كان هذا الذي بعثت به

إذ كان هذا الذي بعثت به

أول ما عندنا وآخرُهُ

أول ما عندنا وآخرُهُ

for this, which I sent,

Since this which I have sent you

was the first and last of what we had.

Is the first and last of our stock.