أَتَوني بِقَيّاضٍ وَقَد نامَ صُحبَتي

وَحارِسُهُم لَيثٌ هِزَبرٌ أَبو أَجرِ

They brought a judge when my companions slept,

And their guard a fierce, angry lion.

فَقَتَّلتُ قَوماً مِنهُم لا أَعِزَّةً

كِراماً وَلا عِندَ الحَقائِقِ بِالصّبرِ

So I killed many of them, neither proudly

Nor patiently when faced with the truth.