1. When the expert swordsman challenged me,
I answered him with a sword bright as steel polished in water.
١. وَلَمّا دَعاني الخَبيري أَجَبتُهُ
بِأَبيَضَ مِن ماءِ الحَديدِ صَقيلِ
2. My grip on the hilt was never slack
Though no man clings to life more than I.
٢. وَما كُنتُ ما اِشتَدَّت عَلى السَيفِ قَبضَتي
لِأَسلَمَ مِن حُبِّ الحَياةِ أَكيلِ