1. Since he unsheathed his sharpened sword at nightfall,
it meets with nothing but spilled blood.

2. A slender waist whose belt you see
decorated with pearls in rows.

3. In nature like a gazelle, or even like a fierce lion,
in manner he can make the mighty abased.

4. If he gives, say how his secret was exposed,
and if he is angry, say how he emptied his hatred.

5. The inclinations of his features never lean
except to let his spittle spread.

6. If he wished, he could revive with his blows
one left as a corpse by his blinking eyes.

7. So it is as if there were a second Messiah in his mouth
and two Azraels in his eyelids,

8. A moon who, when he appears in a meadow,
you see above him a crown from every side.

9. He is of compact build, having no softness,
so my long night remains forever prolonged.

10. He is easygoing about my weakness,
having a tendency and eyelids that know no inclination.