1. بدا للروح نجمٌ يزدهيه

    شبيه البدر جاء بلا شبيه

    A star appeared to the soul, enchanting it.

    Like the full moon, he came without an equal.

  2. اخوه الظبي ذاك عليك انَّى

    نحاول منك احلى من اخيه

    His brother is the gazelle; that rests with you—how

    could we seek from you one sweeter than his brother?

  3. ستطلقه لك الايام عضباً

    رهيف شباً لأربع من سنيه

    The days will unleash him for you as a sharp sword,

    keen of edge, at four years of age.

  4. فقل فيه رضيع لبان عز

    بثدي الفضل مرتضعا بفيه

    So say of him: a nursling of honor's milk,

    suckling with his mouth at the breast of excellence.

  5. انبِّه مكمل التاريخ فيه

    بسقط الفرد للفطن النبيه

    I point out what completes the chronogram in it:

    by subtracting one, for the shrewd and discerning.

  6. اتى لأب ربيب حجى بعامٍ

    به امتاز الحليم من السفيه

    He came to a father nurtured in wisdom, in a year

    in which the prudent stood apart from the foolish.

  7. به امُّ العلى ولدت فأرخ

    محمدٌ الرضا مولود فيه

    In it the mother of glory gave birth; so record the date:

    Muhammad al-Rida was born in it.