1. بُشرى بِميلادٍ بَهيجٍ سامي

    لِنَفيسةٍ بِرَبيع هَذا العامِ

    Glad tidings of a joyous, exalted birth—

    of Nafisa, in the spring of this year.

  2. بُشرى أَبيها يوسف العز الَّذي

    نالَت بِطلعته أَجلّ مَقام

    Glad tidings for her father, Yusuf al-Izz, whose

    appearance won her the most exalted station.

  3. وَالمَجد حين أَتته قال مؤرخاً

    لاحَت نَفيسة بِالجَمال النامي

    And Glory, when she came to him, said, marking the date:

    “Nafisa has appeared with ever-growing beauty.”