خَسَأْتُ كلباً مرَّ بي مرةً

خَسَأْتُ كلباً مرَّ بي مرةً

فقال مهلاً يا أخا خالدِ

فقال مهلاً يا أخا خالدِ

I drove off dogs that once passed me by.

Once I shooed away a dog that passed by me.

Then someone said, “Easy—O brother of Khalid!”

It said, “Easy, O brother of Khalid!

حسبُكم خِزْياً بني آدم

حسبُكم خِزْياً بني آدم

شِرْكتُكم إياه في والدِ

شِرْكتُكم إياه في والدِ

Disgrace enough for you, O sons of Adam,

It is disgrace enough for you, sons of Adam,

is that you share a father with him.

that you share a father with him.”