1. With scarcely a tuft of down ruffling, stirring its feathers,
A fledgling, leaving the nest, heads for life's path.

2. With the strength of clasping talons and flapping wings
It bewilders the eyes of one gazing amazed.

3. I scent the sweet basil on its small beak
It has a neck like a weasel's, hiding its impudence

4. In a cunning pretense of virtue and honor.
With legs like supports, were their cords cut

5. They'd be wider spread than destitute hands.
Its claws are tent pegs, as though they belong

6. To the tribes of Sasaa in the era of camel raids.
When the beast turned aside, the abandoned nest

7. Summoned its chicks' lifespan to depart.