لا بَأسَ بِاليُؤيُؤِ لَكِنَّما

تَجتَمِعُ الناسُ عَلى البازي

No harm in helplessness, but

The merlin is not bad, yet it is clear,

People gather on the falconer

The goshawk is the one the crowds revere.

يَصيدُ ذا الكُركِيَّ لا يَنثَني

وَجَهدُ هَذا فَرخُ نَقّازِ

Whose kite does not waver

For he hunts down the crane, unswerving, quick,

While this chick struggles

While this one's effort is a sparrow's chick.