1. قالَ قَومٌ بَدا عِذارُ وُهَيبٍ

    فَاِسلُ عَنهُ فَقُلتُ لا كَيفَ أَسلو

    Some people said, “Wuhayb’s cheek-down has appeared;

    so forget him.” I said, “No! How can I forget?

  2. أَنا جَلدٌ عَلى لِقا أُسدِ عَينَيهِ

    وَأَخشى عِذارَهُ وَهُوَ نَملُ

    I am stouthearted when facing the lions of his eyes,

    yet I fear his cheek-down, though it is ants.”