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He is most caring of me in good and bad,

أولى وأولى له حسنى وسيئة

1. He is most caring of me in good and bad,
Disregarding blame of the defamer and slanderer.

١. أولى وأولى له حُسنى وسيئة
تباليَ الهيق والمكلؤ ذي الزغَبِ

2. When his egg cracked open for him,
He made his nest in a hidden, protected hollow.

٢. لما تفلق عنه قيض بيضته
آوَاه في ضِبْنِ مَضْبوءٍ به نَصَبِ

3. And if the daring wolves threaten him,
He defends with the fiercest valor.

٣. وإن تعرض معتس الذئاب له
أوفى بأولق ذي الزِّيَّونة الحرِبِ

4. Until when he learned to flutter his wings and took
His feet like shields leaving prints upon the sand.

٤. حتى إذا علم التدراج واتخذت
رجلاه كالدرع آثار على الكثبِ

5. And his comrade who once sheltered him
Yesterday, desire called to the thickets.

٥. وخاله ضد من قد كان يكلؤه
بالأمس أن الهوى داع إلى الشجب

6. I have from him remoteness and estrangement
Without cause from him, and now it has reason.

٦. ولي مباعدة منه ومزرية
من غير مزرى به والحين ذو سببِ