أَتَتكَ المَنايا مِن بِلادٍ بَعيدَةٍ
بِمُنخَرِقِ السِربالِ عَبلِ المَناكِبِ
Death came for you from far-off lands,
at the hand of a broad-shouldered warrior in a rent battle-shirt,
أَخي العُرفِ وَالإِنكارِ يَعلوكَ وَقعَةً
بِأَبيَضَ سَقّاطٍ وَراءَ الضَرائِبِ
a man of bounty and stern reprisal, whose stroke descends upon you
with a gleaming sword so keen it falls beyond whatever it strikes.
Sol 5.6