1. لَو أَنَّني لَم أَنَل مِنكُم مُعاقَبَةً

    إِلّا السِنانَ لَذاقَ المَوتَ مَطعونُ

    If I had received no punishment from you

    except the spearhead, a pierced man would have tasted death.

  2. أَو لا شَتَمتُ فَإِنّي قَد هَمَمتُ بِهِ

    بِالسَيفِ إِنَّ خَطيبَ السَيفِ مَجنونُ

    Or I would not have reviled, for I had indeed contemplated it

    with the sword; indeed, one who courts the sword is mad.