1. بَدا بِالعُلا في مَصر نجلٌ ضياؤه

    بِهِ اِزدادَت الدُنيا صَفاءً عَلى صَفا

    A son appeared in glory in Egypt, whose radiance

    brought the world clarity upon clarity.

  2. وَفي رَجب قَد طابَ مَولده الَّذي

    بِمعراج خَير الأَنبياء تَشرّفا

    And his birth was indeed joyous in Rajab, which

    was honored by the Ascension of the best of prophets.

  3. فَقُلت أَهنِّي بِالولاد مؤرّخاً

    أَتى حسن مِن راقم الجُند مصطفى

    So I said, offering congratulations on the birth with a chronogram:

    Hasan was born to Mustafa, the army scribe.