كأَنَّas though فَتىthe young man الفِتْيانِof young men تَوْبَةَTawba لَمْhad not يَرُضْtamed
كأَنَّ فَتى الفِتْيانِ تَوْبَةَ لَمْ يَرُضْ
قضيباًan unbroken mount ولمand had not يَمْسَحْrubbed بنُقْبَةِover the mangy patch of مُجربِa mange-stricken beast
قضيباً ولم يَمْسَحْ بنُقْبَةِ مُجربِ
As though Tawba, the finest of young men, had never tamed
As if penitent among youth for a deed that brought no content
An unbroken mount, nor rubbed a mangy beast’s scab.
He shunned his spear and wiped not his tried blade’s tip
Sol 6.1