1. I think my dog has betrayed me or I have wronged him,
With the brightness of a necklace, yet he was no traitor,
١. أَظُنُّ الكُلَيبَ خانَني أَو ظَلَمتُهُ
بِبُرقَةِ حِلّيتٍ وَما كانَ خائِنا
2. And I excuse him, though I have ripped,
I met an unfaithful brother and collided with an obstinate one.
٢. وَأَعذِرُهُ أَنّي خَرُقتُ وَإِنَّما
لَقيتُ أَخا خِباً وَصودِفتُ بادِنا