1. O hunters, come to me that you may know
Of my state in this desert where I ply my trade

2. Don't you know that I have made the wildcats my friends
And that the desert beasts all around me roam and graze

3. For your livelihood, I have no choice but to
Scribble words and lines in the sand, obsessed

4. And that the beasts of the land befriend me
Males, females, cubs and sucklings

5. Without my abode in the wilderness and my solitude
And my love for Layla, worries throng around me