مَا أشبَهَ الشّبلَ بِالضِّرغَامَةِ الدَّرِبِ

مَا أشبَهَ الشّبلَ بِالضِّرغَامَةِ الدَّرِبِ

لا مَن سِوَاهُ وَليسَ الإسم كَاللَّقَبِ

لا مَن سِوَاهُ وَليسَ الإسم كَاللَّقَبِ

How closely the cub resembles the seasoned lion!

How similar the cub is to the mother hyena

Not anyone other than him—and the name is not like the epithet.

None other than her, and the name is not like the epithet