1. She who said: God does not keep harm from one
If spears cannot be found to match it.
١. وقائِلَة لا يُبْعِدُ اللّهُ ضابئاً
إِذا القِرْنُ لَمْ يُوجَدْ له مَنْ يُنازلُهْ
2. I was determined but did not act, I plotted but would that
I had left Uthman's women weeping for their jewels.
٢. هَمَمْتُ ولمْ أَفعلْ وكِدْتُ وليتَني
تركْتُ على عُثْمانَ تَبْكي حَلائِلُهْ
3. So let no man after me oppress a marked forehead,
Beware the encounter of death, and death is his encounter.
٣. فلا يُعْطِيَنْ بَعْدِي امْرُوءٌ ضَيْمَ خُطَّة
حِذارَ لِقاءِ المَوْتِ والموتُ قاتِلُهْ
4. I did not know you as one I had ordered in this
Or whom I had heard you had done it.
٤. وما ألفيتك ما أمرت فيه ولا الذي
تحدث من لاقيت أنك فاعله
5. Murder is only for a man of resolve
When cares do not thunder within him.
٥. وما الفتك إلا لامرئ ذي حفيظة
إذا هم لم ترعد عليه خصائله