لَو اِنِّيَ كَلبٌ لا عَتَّرَتني حَميَّةٌ

لِجَّروِيَ أَن يَلقى كَما لَقِيَ الإِنسُ

Had I been a dog, zeal would have restrained me

From meeting what man has met with in life

أَرى الحَيَّ جِنساً ظَلَّ يَشمُلُ عالَمي

بِأَنواعِهِ لا بورِكَ النَوعُ وَالجِنسُ

I see the living, a kind that has mastered my world

In its types, not blessed the species and the kind.