1. As if it were a platter of the world when his horsemen deployed
Knights for a cave on a day of dispatch
١. كأنّه طبّق الدنيا إذا انبسطت
فرسانه لمغارٍ يَومَ إرسال
2. The steps of his approach cannot be crossed in their early stages
Like a sea sweeping away wave after wave
٢. مُقاربُ الخَطوَ لا تُخطى بوادرهُ
كالبحرِ يجرفُ وشلا بعد أوشالِ
3. When he turns away bowed under blows from the passage of time
For ages as if his people were other than rock-climbers
٣. إذا انثنى بقفُولٍ ماج من عِظمِ
دهراً كأنَّ ذويهِ غيرُ قُفّالِ