وَتحتَكَand beneath you بِرْذَوْنٌa packhorse يُظلُّare shaded بِظلِّهِby its shade
وَتحتَكَ بِرْذَوْنٌ يُظلُّ بِظلِّهِ
صُقُورٌfalcons تَأيَّاawaiting مَوتَهُits death وَنُسُورُand vultures
صُقُورٌ تَأيَّا مَوتَهُ وَنُسُورُ
And beneath you is a packhorse whose shade shelters
Falcons awaiting its death, and vultures.
لِسَائرهِfor the rest of it لَوْلاwere it not for ضُلُوعٌribs تَخَالُهاthey imagine them
لِسَائرهِ لَوْلا ضُلُوعٌ تَخَالُها
فِخَاخاًtraps لهاfor them مَنْصُوبةًset up فَتَطِيرُso they fly away
فِخَاخاً لها مَنْصُوبةً فَتَطِيرُ
They would come for the rest of it, but for ribs they take
For traps set for them, and so they fly away.
يَرَىit sees أَنَّthat لِلَّطاحُونِfor the mill آخِرَthe end of أَمْرهِits course
يَرَى أَنَّ لِلَّطاحُونِ آخِرَ أَمْرهِ
وَيَعْلَمُand it knows أنَّthat الدَّائراتِfortune’s turning wheels تَدورُturn
وَيَعْلَمُ أنَّ الدَّائراتِ تَدورُ
It sees that its final lot is the mill,
And knows that fortune’s wheels turn.
Sol 6.1