1. I see forgiving Aliya of Quraish as a means
To God on the gloomy, rainy day.
١. أَرَى العَفْوَ عَنْ عُلْيَا قُريشٍ وَسِيلَةً
إلى اللهِ في اليومِ العَبُوسِ القُمَاطِرِ
2. And I do not see killing a young man of kinship
Who has lineage in Kaeb and Aamer clans.
٢. ولَسْتُ أَرَى قَتْلِي فَتىً ذا قَرَابَةٍ
لَهُ نَسَبٌ في حَيِّ كَعْبٍ وعَامرِ
3. Rather, forgiving him after his spear failed
And one of the stumbling elders stumbled him.
٣. بَلِ الْعَفْوَ عَنْهُ بَعْدَمَا خابَ قَدْحُهُ
وزَلّتْ به إِحْدَى الجُدودِ العَواثِرِ
4. And his father was furious at us during Siffin,
So our thrusting spears wanted him.
٤. وكانَ أبوهُ يَوْمَ صِفّينَ مُحْنَقاً
عَلَيْنا فَأَرْدَتْهُ رِمَاحُ يُحابِرِ