1. ليُوسفُ نصرَ قد وافَى غُلامٌ

    فقالَ النَّاسُ رَبِّي زِدْ وبارِكْ

    A boy has indeed come to Yusuf Nasr.

    So the people said, “My Lord, grant increase and bless!”

  2. وراموا نظمَ تأريخٍ فقالوا

    بميخائيلَ تبتَهِجُ المَلائكْ

    And they sought to compose a chronogram, so they said:

    “In Mikhail the angels rejoice.”