فيat مَولدbirth الشَمسthe sun المُنيرةradiant فاطِمَهْFatimah
في مَولد الشَمس المُنيرة فاطِمَهْ
أَضحَتbecame ثُغورlips بَدورfull moons مَصرٍEgypt باسمهْsmiling
أَضحَت ثُغور بَدور مَصرٍ باسمهْ
At the birth of the radiant sun, Fatimah,
With the birth of the radiant sun, Fatima
The lips of Egypt’s full moons began smiling.
The quarters of Egypt shone with her name
وَلِذاكand for that reason مَجديMajdi قالsaid فيهِabout it مؤرخاًcomposing a chronogram
وَلِذاك مَجدي قال فيهِ مؤرخاً
وَلدتwas born لزينبto Zaynab مِنby شكورShakur فاطمَهْFatimah
وَلدت لزينب مِن شكور فاطمَهْ
And so Majdi said of it, composing a chronogram:
Thus my glory, said the historian thereof
Fatimah was born to Zaynab by Shakur.
For Zaynab was born Fatima of gratitude