1. O curved backs and slender necks
With sharp fangs and tails

2. Created for corruption since the genesis of creation
For havoc, harm and destruction

3. Burrowers in earth, ceiling and environ
Burrowing holes beyond the veil

4. Devourers of all edibles
Quaffers of all potables

5. Gnawers of clothes and hearts alike
My concerns for them departed

6. The grey badger in striped mantle
A lion gone missing, none to watch his den

7. So his maternal uncle, a lion gone missing
Raising his glance facing the storytellers

8. And facing the ceilings and doors
His claws flare when pouncing on game

9. Else his claws are pointless
No eye sees his evils

10. None knows his kills except soil
Embalm and enshroud him

11. And paint him first and last with henna
He walks sometimes with bridal jewelry

12. And sometimes stumbles in disgrace
Blessed is that friend in company

13. More faithful than most companions