لمّا أسالَ دَمي بصَارِمِ لَحْظِهِ

لمّا أسالَ دَمي بصَارِمِ لَحْظِهِ

وَسَطا عَلَيْنا بَعْدَ ذاكَ بأسْهُمِ

وَسَطا عَلَيْنا بَعْدَ ذاكَ بأسْهُمِ

When he made my blood flow with the blade of his glance,

When my blood was shed by the keenness of his glance,

and assailed us after that with arrows,

And after that he assaulted us with his arrows,

قُلتُ اِسْقِني كاسَ الرِّضابِ لِقطعهِ

قُلتُ اِسْقِني كاسَ الرِّضابِ لِقطعهِ

إذْ عادَةُ الكافورِ إمْساكُ الدَّمِ

إذْ عادَةُ الكافورِ إمْساكُ الدَّمِ

I said, “Give me the cup of sweet saliva to drink, to staunch it,

I said: "Give me a cup of wine to check it;"

for camphor’s usual effect is to staunch blood.”

For camphor has the property of stanching blood.