ولابس لون واحد وهو طائر

ولابس لون واحد وهو طائر

ملولة ابراده وهو واقعُ

ملولة ابراده وهو واقعُ

And he is clad in a single color while flying,

A bird of a single color in its dress,

His robes multicolored while he is perched.

Fluttering its wings while perched aloft,

أغر محشى الطلسان مدبج

أغر محشى الطلسان مدبج

وسود المنايا في حشاه دوائع

وسود المنايا في حشاه دوائع

Bright-faced, with a padded, brocaded mantle,

Stuffed with pure musk in its breast pockets,

And black deaths stored within his belly.

And black destinies in its folds concealed.

إذا حك أعلى راسه فكأنما

إذا حك أعلى راسه فكأنما

بسالفتيه من يديه جوامع

بسالفتيه من يديه جوامع

When he scratches the top of his head, it is as though

When it scratches the top of its head, it's as though

His hands formed fetters on either side of his neck.

From its wings it releases treasures and gems.

يخاف أذاً ولا يؤمن مقبلا

يخاف أذاً ولا يؤمن مقبلا

ويخفي على الأقران ما هو صانع

ويخفي على الأقران ما هو صانع

He fears harm, yet cannot be trusted when approaching,

It fears harm yet believes none approaches,

And hides from his peers what he is doing.

And hides from comrades what it has crafted.

بدا فارسي الزي يعقد خصره

بدا فارسي الزي يعقد خصره

عليه قباء زينته الوشائع

عليه قباء زينته الوشائع

He appeared in Persian dress, girding his waist;

It appeared in Persian garb, cinched at the waist,

He wears a coat adorned with patterned bands.

Wearing a cloak, its familiar adornments.

فمعجره الوردي أحمر ناصع

فمعجره الوردي أحمر ناصع

ومئزره التبري أصفر قاقع

ومئزره التبري أصفر قاقع

And his rose-colored head-wrap is vivid red,

So its pink collar brightly shines,

And his gold-colored waist-wrap is vivid yellow.

And its yellow skirt loudly rustles.

يرجع الحان الغريض ومعبد

يرجع الحان الغريض ومعبد

He trills the melodies of al-Gharīḍ and Maʿbad.

It returns the moans of the wounded dove, and restores