تَنودُ عَلى سوقٍ لَها مُسمَهِرَّةٍ

وَقَد طاحَ مِنْ أُخرى وَظيفٌ وَمفصلُ

A cry calls out in the market with revelers

As tasks and joints in another fall apart

مُغامرَة لا يَستَغيثُ بِمِثلِها

ضَعيفٌ وَلا غُسّ مِنَ القَومِ ذُمّلُ

A venture not cried for help by any like it

Neither coward nor hero there lowered himself