وما قَصَدَتك الطير من كبد السما
خماصاً ولا جهلاً بما أنت قاصِدُه
The birds did not seek you out from the heart of heaven
The birds did not aim for you from the liver of the sky,
hollow-bellied, nor unaware of what you sought.
Neither eager nor ignorant of what you intend.
ولكنها رامت مكافة بعض ما
عليها استقرت بالذي أنت صائده
Rather, they wished to repay a portion of what
Rather they sought to repay some of what
they owed, by means of the prey you hunt.
Settled upon them from what you hunt.
Sol 5.6