1. I have prepared for the events a steady flow,
gentle, free from blemish,

2. and an outpouring as decisive as prohibition,
the workmanship of David, father of Solomon.

3. Say to Al-Husayn, if you pass by him,
“See whom you are shooting at when you take aim.”

4. You threaten us and insult us
like one exposing his hands to blows.

5. Tell me, if my hands should reach you
with a polished blade trembling in the bone,

6. would your slave be able to stop me,
if I am intent upon it, from a breast and a body?