1. We came to al-Zubayr, and he softened his speech;

    and Talha was as distant as a star, or farther still.

  2. And the better of their two statements is crushing,

    so dire that even calamity is hard-pressed by it.

  3. And they have threatened us with their fiercest threats;

    yet how little their threats weigh upon us!

  4. So we said: You galloped without even trotting,

    and you led them away from water before bringing them to it.

  5. So if you set war breeding among men,

    then its breeder's fortune is the most wretched.

  6. And Ali will face you in the open;

    behold, he is the black lion!

  7. Indeed, he was the third of the worshippers

    in Mecca, when God was not worshipped.

  8. So loosen the noose, and do not hasten,

    for tomorrow is your appointed time.

Sol 6.1