لَئن أَنتَ ناصَرتَ بَدرَ الدُجى

وَنازَعَت شَمس الضُحى أَوجَها

Though you helped the full moon rise in the gloomy dark,

And competed with the sun at the break of dawn,

لَما كُنتَ أَفضَل في حالَةٍ

مِنَ الكَلبِ كَلّا وَلا أَوجَها

You would be no better than a dog, no, not at all,

If this was the state of your character.