1. وَبَحرٌ كَكَفِّ الأَكرَمينَ يَحُفُّهُ

    صَعيدٌ كَأَيدي السائِلينَ مَديدُ

    And a sea, like the palm of the most generous, is surrounded

    by a plain stretched out like the hands of beggars.