1. لم أدر في المدّاح أن قد أتى

    علاء دين الله نجل كريم

    I did not know, among the panegyrists, that there had come

    to ʿAlāʾ Dīn Allāh a noble son,

  2. حتَّى رأيت الوفد طافوا به

    وبشروه بغلامٍ عليم

    until I saw the delegation circle around him

    and give him glad tidings of a learned boy.