سُليمانُ مَفْسدةُ المملكَهْ

فأهلكَهُ اللَّهُ واستدْركَهْ

Solomon corrupted the kingdom,

So Allah destroyed him and took him to task.

رعى طبرستان رعيَ المُضِي

ع وهْيَ إلى الحَشْرِ مُسْتَهْلكَهْ

He shepherded Tabaristan with ruinous guidance,

Taking it to destruction bit by bit.

وما كان براً على ضَعْفِهِ

ولا فاجراً قَبْلُ ما أفتكه

He was not righteous in his weakness,

Nor wicked before he wrought havoc.

هو الأسدُ الوَرْدُ في قصرِهِ

ولكنَّه ثعلبُ المعْرَكَهْ

He was the lion, the blossom in his palace,

Yet the fox on the battlefield.

وأحسِبُ فرعونَ في كفره

وهامانَ ما سلكا مسلَكَهْ

I reckon Pharaoh in his disbelief,

And Haman never walked his path.

توقّعْ لبغدادَ إذْ ساسها

زِفافاً فقدْ أصبحَتْ مُمْلكهْ

Expect Baghdad’s wedding when it is ruled

By him, for it has become a kingdom.

سَيُتْبِعُها طبرِسْتانَها

تَصَبَّر لذاك فما أوشكَهْ

Tabaristan will follow it,

He pretended to be devout, yet danger lurks.

أتاها فزلزل أرْكانَها

وأشْلَى ابْن أوْسٍ على الصَّعْلَكَهْ

He came to it, shaking its pillars,

And paralyzing Ibn Aws at the rocks.

وقد كادَ يَهْوي بها عَرْشُها

ولكنْ تباركَ من أمسكَهْ

Its throne almost collapsed under it,

But blessed is He who upheld it.

وجدتُ مُوَلّيَهُ مُلْقياً

بكلْتا يديْهِ إلى التَّهْلُكَهْ

I found its governor thrown down,

With both hands reaching out to destruction.