1. A knight whom they left unvanquished
Save Zammel and Niks and discomfiture.
١. فارِسٌ ما غادَروه مُلحَماً
غَيرَ زُمَّيَلٍ وَلا نِكسٍ وَكَل
2. If he would, he could soar with one of ample pinions
Pursuing the lofty ones, a starry presence.
٢. لَو يَشا طارَ بِهِ ذو مَيَعَةٍ
لاحِقُ الآطالِ نَهدٌ ذو خُصَل
3. But in him valour was a principle
And the turns of fate move onward to their goal.
٣. غَيرَ أَنَّ البَأسَ مِنهُ شيمَةٌ
وَصُروفُ الدَهرِ تَجري بِالأَجَل