Omar Khayyam (61)
Your evil self is like
a household dog,
barking for no good reason.
It is like a fox
dreaming of a rabbit.
It roars like a tiger
and is tricky as a wolf.
Translated by Juan Cole
from [pdf] Whinfield 61
from Juan
via http://www.juancole.com/2012/03/omar-khayyam-61.html