يُغنيsuffices for الفَتىthe young man مَلبَسٌa garment يُسَتِّرُهُcovers him
يُغني الفَتى مَلبَسٌ يُسَتِّرُهُ
وَقُوَتُهُand his food فيin دُجىthe gloom of الظَلامِdarkness فَقَطonly
وَقُوَتُهُ في دُجى الظَلامِ فَقَط
A garment that covers him suffices for a young man,
The youth is clothed in a garment that hides him
And his food in the gloom of darkness—nothing more.
And his sustenance is only in the gloom of darkness
وَحَظُّهُand his good fortune أَنto يَكونَbe مُنفَرِداًalone
وَحَظُّهُ أَن يَكونَ مُنفَرِداً
كَطائِرٍlike a bird لاnot يُراعُis frightened أَينَwherever سَقَطalighted
كَطائِرٍ لا يُراعُ أَينَ سَقَط
And his good fortune is to be alone,
His fortune is to be alone
Like a bird unafraid wherever it alights.
Like a bird that does not care where it has fallen
لاnot يَلقُطُpicks up الحَبَّthe grain مِنfrom زُروعِهِمُtheir crops
لا يَلقُطُ الحَبَّ مِن زُروعِهِمُ
وَإِنand if رَأىsaw حِبَّةَwild seeds النَباتِof plants لَقَطpicked up
وَإِن رَأى حِبَّةَ النَباتِ لَقَط
It does not pick grain from their crops,
He does not pick up grains from their crops
And if it sees wild-plant seeds, it picks them up.
And if he sees a seedling, he takes it
فَذاكَso that one لَوif طارَflew فيin غَمامَتِهِits cloud
فَذاكَ لَو طارَ في غَمامَتِهِ
لَماwould not أَصابَtouch الجَناحَthe wing مِنهُof it نُقَطspecks
لَما أَصابَ الجَناحَ مِنهُ نُقَط
So, were that bird to fly within its cloud,
For if he flew in his cloud
No specks would touch its wing.
No drops would touch his wing
Sol 6.1