لئن زاد في ذَقْنه حُمرةً

لئن زاد في ذَقْنه حُمرةً

بما زادَ في الوجهِ من صفرتِهْ

بما زادَ في الوجهِ من صفرتِهْ

If indeed his chin has grown redder

Though his beard grew redder

in proportion to his face’s increased pallor,

From the pallor that spread over his face,

فمن كثرةِ الصفْعِ في رأسِهِ

فمن كثرةِ الصفْعِ في رأسِهِ

تصفّى له الدمُ في لحيتِهْ

تصفّى له الدمُ في لحيتِهْ

then, from the many slaps upon his head,

For the many blows on his head

his blood has been filtered in his beard.

His blood flowed clearer in his beard.