قالوا قُتلت بِصارِمٍ من طَرفِهِ

قالوا قُتلت بِصارِمٍ من طَرفِهِ

فيما زَعمت وَما نَراهُ بَقاني

فيما زَعمت وَما نَراهُ بَقاني

They said, “You were slain by a sharp blade from his glance,

They said I was slain by a sword in his hands,

so you claim, yet we do not see it blood-red.”

Though I claimed it was not, and I see no blood.

فَأَجَبتُ خير البيض ما سَبَقَ الدِما

فَأَجَبتُ خير البيض ما سَبَقَ الدِما

فَمَضى وَلَم يَتَخَضَّب القُربانِ

فَمَضى وَلَم يَتَخَضَّب القُربانِ

I replied, “The best of white blades is one that outruns the blood,

I replied the finest eggs precede the yolk,

then passes on with neither side bloodstained.”

So it passed me by and left no sacrifice.