the other two are below it. it was called sa`d alsu`ud because of their auspiciousness with it. its rising is on the twelfth night of february and its falling is on the fourteenth of august. the rhyme poet of the arabs says when sa`d alsu`ud rises the wood becomes fresh the skins become soft and everything praiseworthy melts and people hate sitting in the sun. nadhr al`ud means that water had flowed through it before that so it became fresh and tender and the skins became soft with the departure of the dryness and barrenness of winter. its star is at night and it is not mentioned. i do not know that i have heard in ancient poetry anyone who attributes a star to it except for alkumait for he says
والآخران دونه. وقيل له سعد السعود لتيمنهم به. وطلوعه لاثنتى عشر ليلة تمضى من شباط، وسقوطه لأربع عشرة تمضى من آب يقول ساجع العرب إذا طلع سعد السعود، نضر العود، ولانت الجلود، وذاب كل محمود، وكره الناس فى الشمس القعود ١ نضر العود يريد أن الماء قد جرى فيه قبل ذلك، فصار ناضرا غضا و تلين الجلود بذهاب يبس الشتاء وقحله، ونوءه ليلة، وليس بالمذكور، لا أعلمنى سمعت فى الشعر القديم من ينسب إليه نوءا ما خلا الكميت فانه يقول