1. أنطونُ إن تصف البنينَ فنشأة

    في روضةٍ بالحسنِ أجمع تُوصفُ

    Antoun, if you describe the sons, is being raised

    In a garden described as wholly beautiful.

  2. الحسنُ بين يديْ أبيه وجدّه

    نَطقت به كلماته والأحرفُ

    Beauty, before his father and grandfather—

    His words and letters have spoken of it.

  3. أعزِزْ به طفلاً سيدرجُ للعلى

    حتى يُرى رجلاً بفضلٍ يُعرَف

    How noble a child he is, who will take his steps toward the heights,

    Until he is seen as a man known for his virtue.

  4. هتفت له النُّعمَى مؤرخةً ألاَ

    بظهور أنطونٍ يُبَشَّر يوسفُ

    Blessing cried out for him, marking the date: “Behold,

    At Antoun’s arrival, Yusuf is given glad tidings.”