Tell me, I implore you, who is the father of a bird,

خبر فديتك من أبوه طائر

1. Tell me, I implore you, who is the father of a bird,
If you know, and the son of a man?

١. خَبّر فديتُكَ مَن أَبوهُ طائِرٌ
إِن كُنتَ تَعلَمُ وَابنُهُ إِنسانُ

2. Between fatherhood and sonship, yet he is not
A jinn, nor a human, nor an animal.

٢. بَينَ الأُبُوَّةِ وَالبُنُوَّةِ وَهوَ لا
جِنٌّ وَلا إِنسٌ وَلا حَيوانُ