1. When he saw that the outskirts of villages were forbidden
And only deceitful measures were allowed

2. He closed the courtyard with a battle-ready lamp
Of a resolute she-camel, made for adversity

3. Like an unassailable darkness that no mosquitoes pierce
Heavy-stepped, with no weakness or flaw

4. Those who secured wealth kept it with a miser
Whose neck or garment-hem guests must grab

5. And drove it to run, with its saddle-cloth trailing
Toward a call from beyond perception's range