1. صُحَبةُ الدُّبِّ علّمتني الكفاحا

    وأرتني منَ الفساد صَلاحا

    The bear’s company taught me to fight,

    And showed me goodness arising from corruption.

  2. لَي خِلّ من الدّبابِ غليظ

    الطبعِ عاتٍ عاصٍ يَصُّدُّ جِماحا

    I have a friend among the bears, coarse

    In temperament, defiant, disobedient, balking headstrongly.

  3. عَذَّبَتْهُ عَصايَ حينَ عَصاني

    وأرَتهُ الأفراحَ والأتراحا

    My stick tormented him when he disobeyed me,

    And showed him joys and sorrows.