1. إِن أَبهى هَدية لِلعَبيدِ

    لَم يَزَل ذِكرُها حَليف الخُلودِ

    Indeed, the most splendid gift for the slaves—

    whose memory has never ceased to be immortality’s ally—

  2. كتب ساقَها المُترجم مَجدي

    خدمةً لِلسَعيد بَينَ الجُنود

    is books brought by the translator Magdi,

    in service to Sa‘id among the soldiers.