1. طربتُ لصوتِ المجدِ حينَ دعاني

    فأسمعني قلبي صهيلَ حصانِ

    I thrilled to the voice of glory when it called me.

    So my heart made me hear a horse's neigh—

  2. صهيلَ حصانِ طالما شَهدَ الوَغى

    وباهى بجرحَي شفرةٍ وسِنان

    The neigh of a horse that had often seen battle

    And boasted of two wounds, from blade and spearhead.

  3. لقد ضاق صَدري عن جنانٍ حملتُهُ

    كبيراً وبأسي ضاقَ عنهُ جَناني

    Indeed, my breast was too narrow for the heart I bore,

    So great—and my heart was too narrow for my valor.

  4. فمِن أين للحُسّادِ شعرٌ مُخَلّدٌ

    له نُغمٌ من ذلكَ الخفقان

    How, then, can the envious have immortal verse

    Whose music comes from that heartbeat?