أَنعَتُ كَلباً أَهلُهُ مِن كَدِّهِ

قَد سَعِدَت جُدودُهُم بِجَدِّهِ

They eulogized a dog, whose family became distinguished through his perseverance,

I describe a hound whose family subsists on his toil,

And all the good they possessed was through him.

Their fortunes prospering through his earnest striving,

وَكُلُّ خَيرٍ عِندَهُم مِن عِندِهِ

يَظَلُّ مَولاهُ لَهُ كَعَبدِهِ

His master would treat him like a servant,

And every bounty they possess flows from his gift,

Sleeping closest to his bed.

His master waits upon him as though his slave,

يَبيتُ أَدنى صاحِبٍ مِن مَهدِهِ

وَإِن عَري جَلَّلَهُ بِبُردِهِ

When bare, he would cover him with his cloak,

He spends the night the nearest companion to his bed,

With a black muzzle and tail tuft.

And if he shivers, he covers him with his own cloak,

ذا غُرَّةٍ مُحَجَّلاً بِزَندِهِ

تَلَذُّ مِنهُ العَينُ حُسنَ قَدِّهِ

The eye delights in his beauty and length of cheek,

Marked with a white blaze, and white upon his foreleg,

And the delay of his lips and length of his jaw.

The eye finds sweet delight in the beauty of his form,

تَأخيرُ شِدقَيهِ وَطولَ خَدِّهِ

تَلقى الظِباءُ عَنَتاً مِن طَردِهِ

The gazelles meet misery from his chasing,

The deep-set jaw and the length of his smooth cheek,

He drinks the cup of difficulty through his resolve.

The gazelles encounter ruin in his relentless chase,

يَشرَبُ كَأسَ شَدَّها بِشَدِّهِ

يَصيدُها عِشرينَ في مُرقَدِّهِ

Hunting them twenty in his lair,

He drains the cup of their speed with his own swift stride,

What a remarkable dog of unique make!

Hunting a score of them in a single gallop,

يا لَكَ مِن كَلبٍ نَسيجِ وَحدِهِ

يا لَكَ مِن كَلبٍ نَسيجِ وَحدِهِ

What a remarkable dog of unique make!

Oh, what a dog! Truly peerless in his mold,

Oh, what a dog! Truly peerless in his mold.