The lament next presents the speaker as vulnerable to the will of others and to repeated humiliation. Images of stronger and weaker animals give this social experience a physical shape.
Sibāʿ denotes beasts of prey, while ḍibāʿ denotes hyenas. The point is not zoology; the imagery makes unequal power and exploitation vivid.
The sequence matters: cherished identity gives way to current indignity and then to a threatening world. Read as a connected movement, the poem tells the story of decline rather than merely displaying difficult vocabulary.