لا تَحتَقِرْ يا لَيثُ أَهلَ عَداوَةٍ

لا تَحتَقِرْ يا لَيثُ أَهلَ عَداوَةٍ

مِثلَ الكلابِ تَعدُّهم تَحقيرا

مِثلَ الكلابِ تَعدُّهم تَحقيرا

Do not scorn, O lion, those who bear enmity,

regarding them contemptuously as dogs.

فَمِنَ الكِلابِ مُخوِّفٌ بنُباحهِ

فَمِنَ الكِلابِ مُخوِّفٌ بنُباحهِ

وَمِنَ الأكالِب ما يَكونُ عَقورا

وَمِنَ الأكالِب ما يَكونُ عَقورا

For among dogs are those that frighten with their barking,

and among dogs are those that bite savagely.