وَلَمّا دَعاني الخَبيري أَجَبتُهُ

بِأَبيَضَ مِن ماءِ الحَديدِ صَقيلِ

When the expert swordsman challenged me,

I answered him with a sword bright as steel polished in water.

وَما كُنتُ ما اِشتَدَّت عَلى السَيفِ قَبضَتي

لِأَسلَمَ مِن حُبِّ الحَياةِ أَكيلِ

My grip on the hilt was never slack

Though no man clings to life more than I.