1. That which they had intended and planned against me,
And what they had written in scrolls,

2. In the presence of a king and son of kings, as though
It were the full moon whose light is not dimmed,

3. His father, father of the obstinate one, and war met
Towards it with the glory of the noble heroes.

4. They prevented me from Ziyad and others
With long arms that gave security to every fearful one.

5. And how many a hand I had whose merit upon me
For you, O family of Marwan, was doubled,

6. Among them that I had been like a sacrosanct dove
And how many a bitter, angry one was turned away.

7. I repelled the anger from it beneath its ribs
So that death for it was beneath the horse blankets.