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Non-Exact Match


Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.

Verse ConceptsLiversIgnorance Of EvilArrowsDeer


Like a bird that wanders from her nest [with its comfort and safety],
So is a man who wanders from his home.

Verse ConceptsAbsent FathersNestsBirds, Figurative UseWanderersFruits Of SinAnimals Going AstrayBirds


Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net
In the sight of any bird;

Verse ConceptsNetsInstinctUseless LabourThings Manifest


Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Verse ConceptsHuntingBirds, Figurative UseSaving OneselfDeer Etc.DebtBeing YourselfDeerSaving Money


Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An AnimalDeerimpulsiveness