1. I burdened him with what if a dove
Were burdened with, it would have flown with it through the air.
١. حَمَلتُ عَلَيها ما لَوَ انَّ حَمامَةً
تُحَمّلُهُ طارَت بِهِ في الخَفاخِفِ
2. Willingly and involuntarily with dislocated shoulder blades,
His body seen elongated in fearful privation.
٢. نُطوعاً وَأَنساعاً وَأَشلاءَ مُدنفٍ
بَرى جِسمَهُ طولُ السُّرى في المَخاوِفِ
3. So we were relieved as a she-cat is relieved
When she finds a plump bird amid white sand dunes.
٣. فَرُحنا كَما راحَت قَطاةٌ تَنَوَّرَت
لأَزغَبَ ملقىً بَينَ غُبرٍ صَفاصِفِ
4. You see the birds and jerboas searching its traces
And pecking the tread of the fleeing, darting prey.
٤. تَرى الطَّيرَ وَاليَربوعَ يَبحَثنَ وَطاها
وَيَنقُرنَ وَطءَ المَنسِمِ المُتَقاذِفِ