قالوا كسا الزقزوق واعظه

فأجبت تلك رذيلة الفلك

They said the falcon lost his preacher,

So I replied, that knave of fate:

ما زال يسفل في صناعته

من بعد حوك السحب والحبك

He still excels in his own nature

Though clouds and threads he congregate,

حتى ثنى الزرزور بعد وثير الر

ريش في قشر من السمك

Until the chirper bends his feathers so well

In flecks of fish he pecks his bait.