قلتُ لمَّا عَذَّبوه فَغَدا

قلتُ لمَّا عَذَّبوه فَغَدا

مَثَلاً يُسْرِعُ في خَيطِ اخْتلاطْ

مَثَلاً يُسْرِعُ في خَيطِ اخْتلاطْ

I said, when they tormented him and he became

When they tortured him, so the next morn he was

a byword, hastening along a thread of confusion:

An example threading the line of execution,

عُذْرُ مَولايَ الذي جاء به

عُذْرُ مَولايَ الذي جاء به

مِثْلُ ضَمِّ الاسْتِ من بعدِ الضُّراطْ

مِثْلُ ضَمِّ الاسْتِ من بعدِ الضُّراطْ

My lord's excuse, which he brought forth,

The excuse of my Master which he brought

is like clenching the anus after farting.

Was like pressing the warp after the woof.