فإنْso if أَكُI am فيamong شرارِكُمthe worst of you قليلاًfew
فإنْ أَكُ في شرارِكُم قليلاً
فإنّيthen indeed I فيamong خياركُمthe best of you كثيرُmany
فإنّي في خياركُم كثيرُ
So if I am few among the worst of you,
Though I'm but little among the worst of you
then I am many among the best of you.
Among the best of you I'm plentiful
بُغاثlowly birds الطّيْرthe birds أكثرهاthe most prolific among them فِراخاًchicks
بُغاث الطّيْر أكثرها فِراخاً
وأمُّand the mother الصّقْرِof the falcon مِقْلاتٌwhose young do not survive نَزُورُbearing few young
وأمُّ الصّقْرِ مِقْلاتٌ نَزُورُ
Lowly birds have the most chicks,
Small birds have the most chicks
and the mother falcon loses her young and bears few.
While the mother falcon is graceful and pure
Sol 6.1