فأينَ يحيا فرار منكَ ذا حذرٍ

وقَبضتاكَ عليه السّهلُ والجبلُ

So where can one flee from you and take precaution

When your grasp captures them on plain and hill

مَن حادَ عادَ برأسٍ مالهُ جسد

غير القنا وهو ليس يحتمل

Whoever strays returns headless, just a body

Other than a spear, which it cannot withstand

يلوحُ من دَمه في خَدِّه أَثَر

كأنَّ حمرَتَه في خَدَه خَجَلُ

On his cheek appears a trace of his blood

As if the redness in his cheek was bashful