1. God did not task you, O horse, with carrying the sea or the night,
Nor did we see, before you, a horse on which trailed a tail.

2. You took the place of the wind in carrying burdens -
Expending your strength and wits.

3. Your known quality in color resembles the Nile,
And it fancied to resemble it in flooding.

4. The land was thirsty, so in its eagerness,
It cast upon it rain and torrent.