1. ومُعَذَّرٍ أَجفانُهُ وعذارُهُ

    يتعاضدان على فَناءِ الناسِ

    And a downy-cheeked youth—his eyelids and his cheek-down

    Aid one another in bringing mankind to its end.

  2. سفكَ الدماءَ بصارمٍ من نرجسٍ

    كانت خمائلُ غِمْدِهِ من آس

    He shed blood with a keen sword of narcissus;

    The thickets of its sheath were of myrtle.