تلبَّس للحرب أثوابها
وقال أنا الشاعرُ البحتري
He donned the garments of war,
and said, “I am the poet al-Buhturi.”
فلمّا رأى الخيل قد أقبلت
إذا هو في سرجه قد خري
But when he saw the cavalry approaching,
behold—there in his saddle, he had shat himself.
Sol 5.6