هَمَمتُ بِيَعلى أَن أُغَشِّيَ رَأسَهُ

حُساماً إِذا ما خالَطَ العَظمَ أَقصَدا

I intended with resolute mind to cover his head

with a sword when it penetrates the bone most fatally

لَقَد خَرَطوا مِنّي لَأَعبُرَ هارِباً

يُبادِرُ ضَوءَ الصُبحِ سَهماً خَفيدَدا

They made it too narrow for me to cross fleeing

Like an arrow hastening the dawn’s first glow