وأرىand I see بقيّةthe remnant منرتيunclear; apparently my hair قدalready فُرّقتhas been scattered
وأرى بقيّة منرتي قد فُرّقت
ليُرىso that it may be seen بهاamid it ريشُplumage الغُرابِthe raven غريباstrange
ليُرى بها ريشُ الغُرابِ غريبا
And I see what remains of my [hair] scattered,
I scattered what was left of my nest
so that the raven’s plumage seems strange amid it.
So that the feathers of strange crows can be seen in it
كالطيرlike birds لماwhen نادأتهاtook them by surprise (uncertain reading) هِجمةٌan onslaught
كالطير لما نادأتها هِجمةٌ
للصُقرِof the falcon فرّتthey fled فيin الجهاتِthe directions هروباin flight
للصُقرِ فرّت في الجهاتِ هروبا
Like birds, when an onslaught took them by surprise—
Like birds when attacked
a falcon’s—they fled in every direction to escape.
By falcons, they fled in all directions
أوor كافتراقِlike the scattering of السفرthe travelers فيin ديمومةٍa vast desert
أو كافتراقِ السفر في ديمومةٍ
لمdid not يخرجَواthey emerge منfrom قَفرهاits wilderness تأوَيباtraveling all day
لم يخرجَوا من قَفرها تأوَيبا
Or like travelers scattering in a vast desert,
Or travelers dispersing forever
who did not emerge from its wilderness despite traveling all day.
Without returning from its desert