daʿaa thaʿlabun laqlaqan ilaa al-ʿashaa’iA fox invited a stork to dinner.
waḍaʿa ath-thaʿlabu ash-shuurbata fii ṣaḥnin musaṭṭaḥinThe fox put the soup in a flat dish.
lam yastaṭiʿi al-laqlaqu an yashraba biminqaarihi aṭ-ṭawiiliThe stork could not drink with his long beak.
shariba ath-thaʿlabu ash-shuurbata kullaahaa waḍaḥikaThe fox drank all the soup and laughed.
fii al-yawmi at-taalii daʿaa al-laqlaqu ath-thaʿlaba ilaa baytihiThe next day the stork invited the fox to his house.
qaddama lahu aṭ-ṭaʿaama fii ibriiqin ṭawiilin waḍayyiqinHe served him the food in a tall, narrow jug.
lam yastaṭiʿi ath-thaʿlabu an ya’kula wa’akala al-laqlaqu bisuhuulatinThe fox could not eat, while the stork ate easily.
ʿaamili an-naasa kamaa tuḥibbu an yuʿaamiluukaTreat people as you would like them to treat you.