وأَهْيفَ مِثلِ الرُّمحِ عَانقْتُ قَدَّهُ

غَداةَ وَدَاعٍ والمُراقِبُ يَنظُرُ

And graceful as a spear I embraced his neck

On the morn of farewell while the watcher looked on

وَلَمْ أَخْشَ طَعْناً لِلوُشَاةِ بَقولهُمْ

وَفي رَاحتي مِن قَدّهِ اللَّدْنِ أَسْمَرُ

And I feared not the slanderers' stab with their saying

Thoughbrandished in my right hand from his neck was a blade dark and keen