1. I will set out riding upon him
An Adhami himlaj horse

2. Of an ivory color
With a face like carved ivory

3. Tightly built, not given
To caprice or waywardness

4. Short backed, powerfully haunched
With thighs massive, quivering

5. Like an unsheathed blade
Swift to charge

6. His neighing takes the hearing
When the horsemen close in.

7. The jingle of metal in his cheek strap
Has the rhythm of a little bell

8. Matching his gait it gives him
The song of departure

9. Its dye always clothes him
In a brocade mantle

10. Drive away my cares with him
Be not niggardly with him

11. I sought you out for the saddle
Only after much grief