1. لَو أنَّ ظلَّهُ علَى

    رأسِ مُصارِعٍ سَقَط

    If his shadow upon

    a wrestler's head should fall,

  2. لَسُحِقَ الرأسُ فَظِلُّهُ

    كَوَابُورِ الزَّلَط

    the head would be crushed, for his shadow

    is like a steamroller.