1. وَنُبِّئتُ كَلباً مِن كِلابٍ يَسُبُّني

    وَمَرُّ كِلابٍ يَقطَعُ الصَلَواتِ

    And I was told that a dog among dogs insults me;

    and the passing of dogs interrupts prayers.

  2. فَإِن أَنا لَم أُعلَم كِلاباً بِأَنَّها

    كِلابٌ وَأَنّي باسِلُ النَقِماتِ

    So if I do not tell dogs that they are

    dogs, and that I am fierce in vengeance,

  3. فَكانَ إِذَن مِن قَيسِ عَيلانَ والِدي

    وَكانَت إِذَن أُمّي مِنَ الحَبِطاتِ

    then my father would be of Qays ʿAylān,

    and my mother would then be of al-Ḥabiṭāt.