وَعِندي نُجومٌ قَد ذَخَرتُ طُلوعَها

لِآفاقِ سُلطانِ العَزيزِ بنِ يوسُفِ

I have stars whose rising I have stored

For the horizons of the mighty Sultan Yusuf’s realm

كَأَنّي أَرى مِن وَجهِ عُثمانَ سورَةً

وَقَد طَلَعَت مِن دَستِهِ ضِمنَ مُصحَفِ

As though I see a surah on the face of Uthman

Having emerged from his hand within a volume