1. Let this era rejoice, for it has
Become unique among its people.

2. It has attained the heights of all glory,
And sought, were it possible, yet more.

3. How many nights has it adorned
With necklaces of its lofty pearls!

4. It is not content with lesser jewels;
None but the pillars of dawn will please it.

5. And how many fragments of verse it has
Whose subtlety softens iron!

6. Out of all polished compositions
Their chanting turns the newborn gray.