1. قد بنَى اليومَ حبيبٌ مِن بَنِي

    بُسْتُرُسْ داراً بها يُجلى النَّظَرْ

    Today Habib has built—one of the sons of

    Bustros—a house that delights the eye.

  2. قيلَ ذا لاحَ بها التَّأريخُ قدْ

    لاحتِ الزُّهرةُ في بُرْجِ القَمَرْ

    This was said; its chronogram shone forth: “Indeed,

    Venus has shone in the Moon’s mansion.”