أولى وأولى له حُسنى وسيئة

تباليَ الهيق والمكلؤ ذي الزغَبِ

He is most caring of me in good and bad,

Disregarding blame of the defamer and slanderer.

لما تفلق عنه قيض بيضته

آوَاه في ضِبْنِ مَضْبوءٍ به نَصَبِ

When his egg cracked open for him,

He made his nest in a hidden, protected hollow.

وإن تعرض معتس الذئاب له

أوفى بأولق ذي الزِّيَّونة الحرِبِ

And if the daring wolves threaten him,

He defends with the fiercest valor.

حتى إذا علم التدراج واتخذت

رجلاه كالدرع آثار على الكثبِ

Until when he learned to flutter his wings and took

His feet like shields leaving prints upon the sand.

وخاله ضد من قد كان يكلؤه

بالأمس أن الهوى داع إلى الشجب

And his comrade who once sheltered him

Yesterday, desire called to the thickets.

ولي مباعدة منه ومزرية

من غير مزرى به والحين ذو سببِ

I have from him remoteness and estrangement

Without cause from him, and now it has reason.