1. اِصبِر حُصَينُ لَئِن تَرَكتَ بِوَجهِهِ

    أَثَراً فَإِنّي لا إِخالُكَ تَصبِرُ

    Stand firm, Ḥuṣayn: if indeed you have left upon his face

    a mark, then I do not think you will endure.

  2. ما سَرَّني أَنَّ القِنانَ تَخَرَّفَت

    عَمّا أَصابَت مِن حِجاجِ المَحجَرِ

    It would not have pleased me had the spearpoints swerved

    from the bony rim of the eye socket they struck.

  3. إِنَّ الكَريمَ نُدوبُهُ في وَجهِهِ

    وَنُدوبُ مُرَّةَ لا تُرى في المَنحَرِ

    Indeed, a noble man's scars are on his face,

    and Murrah's scars are not seen at the throat,

  4. لَكِنَّ في أَكتافِهِم وَظُهورِهِم

    فَبِذاكَ فَاِفخَر بِئسَ ذاكَ المَفخَرُ

    but rather on their shoulders and their backs.

    So boast of that—what a wretched source of pride!