إنَّ الحمارَ حِمارٌ لَستُ أَمدَحُهُ

وَلا أُشَبِّهه الدّهرَ بِالفرسِ

A donkey is a donkey, I do not praise him,

Nor do I liken him to a horse throughout time.

مَن قالَ إِنَّ حِماراً قَد حَكى فَرَساً

فَقُل لَهُ صَهْ فَهذا غايَةُ الهَوسِ

Whoever says a donkey behaved like a horse,

Tell him: Hush! That is the height of delusion.

وَلا أُشَبِّهه الدّهرَ بِالفرسِ

مَن قالَ إِنَّ حِماراً قَد حَكى فَرَساً

Nor do I liken him to a horse throughout time.

Whoever says a donkey behaved like a horse,

فَقُل لَهُ صَهْ فَهذا غايَةُ الهَوسِ

Tell him: Hush! That is the height of delusion.