قدmay يحذَرfear; beware of المرءُa man الَّذيthat which
قد يحذَر المرءُ الَّذي
اليهِto it قدmay يُلقيcast; offer بيَدwith a hand
اليهِ قد يُلقي بيَد
A man may fear the very thing
A man may flee what is
to which he may offer his hand in surrender.
Thrust into his hands
كالطيرlike the bird فَرَّfled حَذَراًin fear
كالطير فَرَّ حَذَراً
لَوif لمhad not بِفَرَّflee (likely intended يفرّ) لمwould not يُصَدbe caught
لَو لم بِفَرَّ لم يُصَد
Like a bird that fled in fear—
Like a bird in fright he flew
had it not fled, it would not have been caught.
Had he not fled, he'd not be blocked