1. The dissenters parted with him at Nahrawan
Over his good, beautiful arbitration

2. Over his arbitration they became blind and marked
The book of God in Gabriel's mouth

3. So they inclined away and rebelled against him
Yet they did not incline there to a purpose

4. The people's young women wandered in darkness
Blind, without a guide

5. They preferred like cattle on feast day
Slaughtered at dawn and at night

6. As if the birds contending around them
Circling like bats around withered palms