فَخري لَكَ البُشرى بِأَذكى وَلَدْ

ما مثله في حُسنه بِالبَلَدْ

Fakhri, glad tidings to you of the cleverest child!

No one in the town equals him in beauty.

وَافاك في العيد بِأَقوى مَدد

كَجَده وَهُوَ شَبيه الأَسَد

And at Eid he came to you with the strongest support,

He is like his grandfather, and resembles a lion.

فَقالَ مَجدي عَنكَ في تاريخه

جَعفَر فَخري أَحب وَلَد

Then Majdi said of you in his chronogram:

“Ja‘far Fakhri—the dearest child.”