لاdo not تَأمَنَنَّever trust عَلىwith سِرّيmy secret وَسِرِّكُمُand your secret
لا تَأمَنَنَّ عَلى سِرّي وَسِرِّكُمُ
غَيريanyone other than me وَغَيرَكِand anyone other than you أَوطَيَّor the folds of القَراطيسِpaper sheets
غَيري وَغَيرَكِ أَوطَيَّ القَراطيسِ
Never entrust my secret and yours
To anyone but me and you, nor to folded sheets of paper,
أَوor طائِراًa bird سَأُحَلّيهِI shall portray its features وَأَنعَتُهُand describe it
أَو طائِراً سَأُحَلّيهِ وَأَنعَتُهُ
قَدindeed كانَwas صاحِبَa master of تابيدٍmaking things endure وَتَأسيسِand laying foundations
قَد كانَ صاحِبَ تابيدٍ وَتَأسيسِ
Nor to a bird I shall portray and describe.
It was once a master of making things endure and laying foundations.
صُفرٌyellow تَرائِبُهُits upper breast سودٌblack ذَوائِبُهُits locks (crest-plumes)
صُفرٌ تَرائِبُهُ سودٌ ذَوائِبُهُ
حُمرٌred حَماليقُهُits eyelid-rims فيin الحُسنِbeauty مَغموسِsteeped
حُمرٌ حَماليقُهُ في الحُسنِ مَغموسِ
Yellow is its breast, black are its locks;
Red are its eyelid-rims; it is steeped in beauty.
قَدindeed كانَhad هَمَّintended سُليمانٌSolomon لِيَقتُلَهُto kill it
قَد كانَ هَمَّ سُليمانٌ لِيَقتُلَهُ
لَولاbut for سِعايَتُهُits report فيconcerning عَرشِthe throne of بِلقيسِBilqis
لَولا سِعايَتُهُ في عَرشِ بِلقيسِ
Solomon had indeed intended to kill it,
But for its report concerning Bilqis's throne.