[379] Tu sīna-yi qūsh ra bar sīna-yi bād bi-dih.
[380] “To bind,” is to seize and hold on to the quarry, especially in the air, while “to ruff” is to stoop at and hit the quarry, making the feathers fly: vide Bibliotheca Accipitraria, by Harting.
[381] T̤arlān rā māya-dār az bulandī mī-andāzī.
[382] —ki dimāg͟h-ash rā bi-bād dihad va rū bi-bād farār kunad.
[383] Nafas-i tāzī mī-sūzad.
[384] Bālā-yi bād.
[385] Garm bi-giriftan-i kabk u tīhū shud.
[386] Mis̤l-i āb-k͟hurdan, “as easy as drinking water.”
[387] Sar-i dimāg͟h būdan, “to be in the humour for, to be keen on.”
[388] “To fall at marke,” “to alight and there await the owner.”