وَكَلْبٍ إذَا مَا قَصَّ جُرَّةَ صْيدِهِ

وأدْركَه سَبْقًا وأوْهَلَه صرْعَا

When a dog has missed his prey and sees it before him,

And he overtakes it and tears it to pieces,

حَسِبْتَ شهَابا قُضَّ مِنْ كَبِدِ السَّمَا

وَأحْرَقَ جِنَّا جَاءَ يَسْتَرِقُ السَّمْعَا

You would think it a shooting star fallen from the liver of heaven

That has set the thickets afire and comes to steal a hearing.