1. And a night in the length of the day of display
Whose darkness was like the earth in its array

2. I endured in it life's pain in every way
And attained in it joy in its purest ray

3. And the lid of fate shut weary of day
So I slept to recover from its affray

4. Raising my life's worth by lowering its pay
Not wetting my eyes in it with a blink or stray

5. With every erect, slim, tender, fresh new day
Bringing joy circulating bright as lightning's play

6. Until when the time came for duty to pay
And the bright horizon cracked in morning's first ray

7. I presented my horses assessing their way
And chose the fastest one, me to obey

8. To outrun a glance when it glances astray
As if the earth in its grasp firmly lay

9. No difference between its length and breadth in its sway
I made it my honor's protection in every way

10. Then I raced to my goals determined at play
From each scattered flock remote and askew in its way

11. With a smooth back, polished, gilded in every way
Like a pour of gold in a vessel on display

12. You revealed your ample chest free in its sway
Heavy in stillness, light upon rising to weigh

13. With a broad palm spread when grasping its prey
With teeth for none but the fiercest affray

14. With ears upright when bounding away
Contesting the herd without pause or delay

15. Lowering over the slain conquered at bay
Embracing the ground with its belly in every way

16. Feeling it with hooves tapping as heartbeats that sway
Until when the nearness of some came into play

17. He charged them as shooting stars crumbling away
And embraced the tallest when rising to flay

18. A hug of love for the Lord reviled in his way
So it collapsed from him when levelling its sway

19. And its chest was pleased at its collapse in every way
Then I walked lightly lest he finish his fray

20. ignoring his sins as I went on my way.