وليand I have طيرٌa bird أُمَرّنهI train it زماناًfor some time
ولي طيرٌ أُمَرّنه زماناً
علىto صيدhunt الظباءgazelles منfrom الصباحdaybreak
على صيد الظباء من الصباح
And I have a bird I have been training for some time
I had a bird I'd trained for years
to hunt gazelles from daybreak.
To hunt gazelles at dawn's first light,
رأىit saw شبحاًa figure ففرّso it rushed إليهtoward it لمّاwhen
رأى شبحاً ففرّ إليه لمّا
رأىit saw جِيداًa neck تلألأgleamed فيin وشاحa scarf
رأى جِيداً تلألأ في وشاح
It saw a figure and rushed toward it when
But when he saw a specter loom
it saw a neck gleaming in a scarf,
His wings flashed toward it swift in flight,
مظنّةsupposing أنهthat it is ظبيٌa gazelle وهذاand this one
مظنّة أنه ظبيٌ وهذا
يصيدhunts الأُسدَthe lions بالحدَقِwith the eyes الصحاحhealthy
يصيد الأُسدَ بالحدَقِ الصحاح
thinking it a gazelle—yet this one
Thinking the ghost a grazing deer
hunts lions with healthy eyes.
Whose neck the lion soon would smite.
Sol 6.1