هذا فتى الزقزوق يرأف بالـ
ـزرزور لا للوعظ والزجر
Behold al-Zuqzuq’s young man, taking pity on the—
—starling, not to admonish or rebuke.
الله ألف وهو مقتدر
ما بين صيد البر والبحر
God has brought together—and He is all-powerful—
the quarry of the land and the quarry of the sea.
أخوان من نسب المودة لا
ابتليا بصياد سوى الدهر
Two brothers through the kinship of affection, never
tried by any hunter other than Time.
نضو وعبل كالفنيق هما
عجب لذي عين وذي فكر
One gaunt, the other stout as a pampered stallion-camel, they are
a marvel to anyone with eyes and thought:
من كون ذا في بحر نعمته
وأخيه في قفص من الفقر
that this one should be in a sea of his own plenty,
while his brother is in a cage of poverty.
Sol 5.6