1. All but poetry, the conqueror's hand
Is stronger than the despoiled.

2. And if a raid is led, they seek it,
So they descend on the slender-waisted gazelles.

3. They found the path of the fugitive more barren
Than the shepherd's standing or the gathering of provisions.

4. The stringing of pearls that have not been pierced
Is not like that of the practiced piercer.