1. هَذَا حَفِيدٌ لِفَتْحِ اللهِ مَوْلِدُهُ

    فَتْحٌ مِنَ اللهِ وَلِلاَدَابِ وَالفِطَنِ

    This is Fath Allah’s grandson; his birth

    is a triumph from God, and for letters and keen minds.

  2. لَمَّا بَدَا أَنْشَدَ الإِقْبَالُ فِي جَذَلٍ

    تَاريخ بُولَسَ سَامٍ غُرَّةِ الزَّمَنِ

    When he appeared, Good Fortune sang in delight:

    a chronogram: “Boulos is exalted, the glory of the age.”