1. أَنّي لمن نَبعَةٍ صُمٍ مَكاسِرُها

    إِذا تَقادَمتِ القَصباءُ وَالعُشَرُ

    I am indeed of a nabʿ tree, solid at its breaking points,

    when the reeds and the ʿushar shrubs have grown old.

  2. وَلا أَلينُ لِغَيرِ الحَقِّ أَتبَعُهُ

    حَتّى يَلينَ لِضِرسِ الماضِغِ الحَجَرُ

    And I yield to nothing but the truth, which I follow,

    until stone softens beneath the chewer’s molar.