رَأَيتُ سُلَيمانَ الدَعِيَّ مُعَرَّضاً

رَأَيتُ سُلَيمانَ الدَعِيَّ مُعَرَّضاً

لِرَفعِ أَكُفٍّ ما لَها عَنهُ مِن كَفِّ

لِرَفعِ أَكُفٍّ ما لَها عَنهُ مِن كَفِّ

I saw Sulayman, the bastard, exposed

I saw Sulayman al-Da'i exposed

to raised palms that never hold back from him.

To the raising of palms not averted from him.

فَما راحَةٌ إِلّا لَها فيهِ راحَةٌ

فَما راحَةٌ إِلّا لَها فيهِ راحَةٌ

كَأَنَّ قَفاهُ مَشهَدُ الكَفِّ لِلكَفِّ

كَأَنَّ قَفاهُ مَشهَدُ الكَفِّ لِلكَفِّ

And no palm fails to find comfort in him,

So no palm has rest but in him is its rest,

as though his nape were the palm’s shrine for every palm.

As if his nape were the scene of palm meeting palm.