لاdo not تنكريfind it strange ياO عزُّʿAzz إنif ذَلis brought low الفَتَىthe youth
لا تنكري يا عزُّ إن ذَل الفَتَى
ذوpossessing الأصلِnoble lineage واستعلىand rises high لَئيمُbase المحِتدِancestry
ذو الأصلِ واستعلى لَئيمُ المحِتدِ
Do not find it strange, O ʿAzz, if a youth is brought low,
Do not deny, O dear, that the noble youth
Though of noble lineage, while one of base descent rises high.
Of noble origin has been abased, while the base one has risen high.
إنindeed البُزاةَthe hawks رُؤُوسُهُنَّtheir heads عواطلٌunadorned
إن البُزاةَ رُؤُوسُهُنَّ عواطلٌ
والتاجُand the crown معقودٌfastened برأسِupon the head of الُهدهُدِthe hoopoe
والتاجُ معقودٌ برأسِ الُهدهُدِ
For the hawks’ heads are unadorned,
Verily the queens, their heads are mere trinkets,
And the crown is fastened upon the hoopoe’s head.
While the crown is tied on the head of the lapwing.
Sol 6.1