جاء سليمانُ بني طاهرٍ

فاجتاح مُعتزَّ بني المُعْتَصِمْ

Solomon son of Tahir came

And swept away al-Mu'tazz son of al-Mu'tasim

كأنَّ بغدادَ لدن أبصرتْ

طلعتَه نائحةٌ تلتدمْ

As if Baghdad ever since she saw

His rising was a mourner rending her collar

مستقبَلٌ منه ومُسْتَدْبَرٌ

وجهُ بخيلٍ وقفا مُنْهَزِمْ

Facing him and turning from him

The face of a miser standing defeated