The hungry wolves are perhaps a metaphor for people who wished ill of the pilgrim. These people may have snapped at his heels at the slightest provocation or may even have attacked him in packs. Now that death has taken the pilgrim, these wolves cannot harm him anymore.
“The hungry wolves” is most likely used metaphorically for
people who had ill wishes towards the pilgrim. Thinking in this line, the
speaker intends to imply that these people may have snapped at the pilgrim’s heels
at the slightest incitement or may even have attacked him in packs. But now
that the pilgrim has been taken by death, it is no longer possible for these
wolves to harm him.
