أفنى بحدِّ السيف آجال العدا
وسيوفه وعوالي المرانِ
With the sword’s edge he spent his foes’ allotted lives—
and his swords, and the spearheads of supple lances.
والضرب يفعل بالحسام وحدّه
ما تفعل الآجال بالإنسانِ
Repeated blows do to the saber and its edge
what appointed deaths do to a human being.
Sol 5.6