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When a dog has missed his prey and sees it before him,

وكلب إذا ما قص جرة صيده

1. When a dog has missed his prey and sees it before him,
And he overtakes it and tears it to pieces,

١. وَكَلْبٍ إذَا مَا قَصَّ جُرَّةَ صْيدِهِ
وأدْركَه سَبْقًا وأوْهَلَه صرْعَا

2. You would think it a shooting star fallen from the liver of heaven
That has set the thickets afire and comes to steal a hearing.

٢. حَسِبْتَ شهَابا قُضَّ مِنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَا
وَأحْرَقَ جِنَّا جَاءَ يَسْتَرِقُ السَّمْعَا