قالوا قُتلت بِصارِمٍ من طَرفِهِ

فيما زَعمت وَما نَراهُ بَقاني

They said I was slain by a sword in his hands,

Though I claimed it was not, and I see no blood.

فَأَجَبتُ خير البيض ما سَبَقَ الدِما

فَمَضى وَلَم يَتَخَضَّب القُربانِ

I replied the finest eggs precede the yolk,

So it passed me by and left no sacrifice.