1. I wish, by the House of God, that his nose were but air,
Then would the mucus not leave the bone.
١. وَدِدتُ وَبَيتِ اللَهِ لَو أَنَّ أَنفَهُ
هَواءٌ فَما مَتَّ المُخاطَ عَنِ العَظمِ
2. But it was met by the sword of his cousin,
So it refused and the sword slipped over his nose.
٢. وَلَكِنَّما لاقاهُ سَيفُ اِبنِ عَمِّهِ
فَأَبَّ وَمَرَّ السَيفُ مِنهُ عَلى الخَطمِ