وَدِدتُ وَبَيتِ اللَهِ لَو أَنَّ أَنفَهُ

وَدِدتُ وَبَيتِ اللَهِ لَو أَنَّ أَنفَهُ

هَواءٌ فَما مَتَّ المُخاطَ عَنِ العَظمِ

هَواءٌ فَما مَتَّ المُخاطَ عَنِ العَظمِ

I wished, by the House of God, that his nose

I wish, by the House of God, that his nose were but air,

were empty air, so he would not pull mucus away from the bone.

Then would the mucus not leave the bone.

وَلَكِنَّما لاقاهُ سَيفُ اِبنِ عَمِّهِ

وَلَكِنَّما لاقاهُ سَيفُ اِبنِ عَمِّهِ

فَأَبَّ وَمَرَّ السَيفُ مِنهُ عَلى الخَطمِ

فَأَبَّ وَمَرَّ السَيفُ مِنهُ عَلى الخَطمِ

But it was only his paternal cousin’s sword that met him;

But it was met by the sword of his cousin,

so it cut, and the sword passed across his snout.

So it refused and the sword slipped over his nose.