1. Ah, what a welcome day, when joys appeared

    upon it, arrayed in sweeping robes.

  2. In it the cups of congratulation were passed around,

    and through gladness it became a festival day.

  3. On it, the morning sun was joined in splendor

    to Taym’s full moon, under Saʿd al-Suʿūd—Fortune of Fortunes.

  4. Over Alexandria there shone forth

    the radiance of Alexander, noble and fortunate.

  5. Its dating lines appeared in verse:

    “Your wedding is a feast day, O son of Eid.”

Sol 5.6