1. The stature of that elder did not bend
Except for a meaning he saw as more apt-
١. قامةُ ذا الشيخ ما حناها
إِلّا لِمَعنىً أَراهُ أليَق
2. As though he contemplated the meaning
In his wicked deeds, and then was still
٢. كَأَنَّهُ فَكَّرَ المعنّى
في سوءِ أفعالِهِ فأَطرَق