1. When the fox emerged from his lair
Seeking sustenance for his cubs

2. The hyena stirred up from his den
I confronted him in his habit of choice

3. With a young hound frolicking in his courtyard
With a yellow ring around his neck and on his forearms

4. Inflamed in his chest from his wrath
Carving warnings from his claws

5. After he had been close to his burrow
His coat plucked by the thorns of his domain

6. Days when he could not be restrained from his prey
While he was a worn out fox not nearing his prime

7. In a dwelling screening him from visitors
Where he spends both sides of his day

8. Until when he excelled in his selection
And picked his prey like a fresh heart

9. It was as if he was estranged from his companions
Bringing his drops together from his concealment

10. If he pounced, it would be into his prey
Ten, if destined by his capability

11. It was as if his jaws upon his attack
Were pegs upon his head

12. As if behind where his lips met
Were embers he stirred up in his borrowing

13. A hearing that if given relief would not be confused
Unless released from its deafness

14. So he inclined like a planet in its descent
He turned the advisor spineless with his fire

15. Until when he pounced in his advance
He tore his ears with the tips of his claws

16. Until when he pounced in his dust
The gallant one churned him in his soil

17. So his joints were disjointed from his spine
And he shook off both his shoulders

18. No good in the fox and his schemes
No good in the fox and his schemes