أَنعَتُ كَلباً مُرهَفاً خَميصا

ذا شِيَةٍ ما عَدِمَت وَبيصا

I describe a slender dog, lean of flank,

Possessing a coat that never lacks a glistening sheen,

تَخالُ في أَجفانِهِ فُصوصا

أُدِّبَ حَتّى أَحكَمَ التَقنيصا

You would imagine gemstones set within his eyelids,

Trained until he mastered the art of the hunt,

وَعَرَفَ الإيحاءَ وَالتَعويصا

بورِكَ كَلباً نَهِماً حَريصا

And comprehended the subtle signal and the difficult command,

Blessed is such a dog, voracious and keen,

هَتَّكَ عَن حُجبِ الظِبا قَميصا

فَمَحَّصَت آرائَها تَمحيصا

He tore away the veil from the gazelles' concealment,

Causing them to desperately scrutinize their escape,

حَتّى تَرى غالِيَها رَخيصا

تَمنَحُهُ الطَورَينِ وَالشُخوصا

Until you see the most precious among them rendered cheap,

Yielding to him their shifting states and fleeing forms,

أَضحى بِهِ مالاً لَهُ مَخصوصا

لَم يَرَ مِن عَيشٍ لَهُ تَنغيصا

Through him, they became wealth exclusively his,

Leaving him to find no vexation in his livelihood.