1. لقد أتانا غلامٌ طابَ مَولِدُهُ

    بوجْههِ عن جَمالِ البدرِ يُعتاضُ

    A boy has come to us—blessed was his birth;

    His face is recompense enough for the full moon’s beauty.

  2. مِن نعمةِ اللهِ ألطافٌ مُؤَرَّخةٌ

    فيها ليُوسفُ ميخائيلُ فيَّاضُ

    Among God’s blessings are favors set into a chronogram:

    Within them, “Michael is bountiful to Joseph.”