أَمّاas for إِذاwhen يَعدوhe runs فَثَعلَبُthen he is a fox جِربَةٍa cultivated field
أَمّا إِذا يَعدو فَثَعلَبُ جِربَةٍ
أَوor ذِئبُa wolf عادِيَةٍa raiding pack يُعَجرِمُruns swiftly عَجرَمَهswift running
أَو ذِئبُ عادِيَةٍ يُعَجرِمُ عَجرَمَه
But when he runs, he is a fox of the fields,
When the fox of a mangy she-fox runs,
Or a wolf of a raiding pack, racing swiftly along.
Or the wolf of a howling she-wolf growls his growl