نالَتْ سُلَيمان منه رِجْلٌ

مِن قَبْلُ ما أَرْجَلَتْ أَباهُ

Sulayman gained from him a leg

Before he made his father limp

فاسْتَدْرجا كاشِفَي دُجاهُ

يا ويْلَةَ المرْءِ ما دهاهُ

So they both summoned the unveilers of darkness

Oh what misery befalls a man despite his cleverness

يا سُخْطَ ربِّ العُلا علَيْهِ

إِذْ أَدَّتِ المُرْتَضَى يَدَاهُ

Oh anger of the Lord Most High upon him

When the beloved extended her hands

لم يُبْقِ مِن زُمْرةِ المعالِي

إِلا هِشامَ العُلا أَخاهُ

None remained of the group of the exalted

Except Hisham the Most High his brother

يا ربِّ فاحْرُسْهُ لِي بعيْنٍ

تَمْنَعُهُ الدَّهْر مِن أَذاهُ

Oh Lord, guard him for me with an eye

That protects him from the harms of fate