1. قلت له لما أتينا إلى

    مخاضةٍ أهوالها صعبه

    I said to him, when we came to

    a ford whose terrors were daunting:

  2. جز لا تخفها قال لي كيف لا

    أخاف شيئا يبلغ الركبه

    “Cross; do not fear it.” He said to me, “How can I not

    fear something that reaches the knee?”