كأَنَّ فَتى الفِتْيانِ تَوْبَةَ لَمْ يَرُضْ

قضيباً ولم يَمْسَحْ بنُقْبَةِ مُجربِ

As if penitent among youth for a deed that brought no content

He shunned his spear and wiped not his tried blade’s tip