كَأَنَّ بَني سَدوسٍ رَهطِ ثَورٍ

خَنافِسُ تَحتَ مُنكَسِرِ الجِدارِ

Like the ants of Sadus, a tribe of Thawr

Beetles under the broken wall

تَحَرِّكُ لِلفَخارِ زُبانَيَيها

وَفَخرُ الخُنفُساءِ مِنَ الصَغارِ

Moving their antennas over the pottery

Yet the beetle boasts in its smallness