أَعْنِي بِهِ الحَسَنَ بنَ يَحْيَى مَنْ غَدا

أَعْنِي بِهِ الحَسَنَ بنَ يَحْيَى مَنْ غَدا

فَرْدَ الزّمانِ وحَبْرَهُ المتَبحِّرا

فَرْدَ الزّمانِ وحَبْرَهُ المتَبحِّرا

I mean by this al-Hasan ibn Yahya, who has become

I meant by it Al-Hasan ibn Yahya

the peerless man of his age and its scholar of vast learning,

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

السابِقَ الأَعْلامِ فَهْوَ مُقَدَّمٌ

السابِقَ الأَعْلامِ فَهْوَ مُقَدَّمٌ

يَوْمَ الرِّهانِ وغَيْرُهُ فِيهِ وَرَا

يَوْمَ الرِّهانِ وغَيْرُهُ فِيهِ وَرَا

outstripping the luminaries, so he is foremost

The foremost among the elite, he is ahead

on the day of the race, while others in it lag behind.

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