1. I chose him from a crooked tribe swimming,
He deceived the generous parents, being of noble descent.

2. Lightweight, he never dreamed of a whip, as if
He would miss an enemy or be a lover's confidant.

3. He traveled at night when lightning struck Athl,
So he spent the night with her, one to the other a relative.

4. And he longed for a journey, so he flew to travel,
To cross a gulf or traverse a dune.

5. He would visit her, to me a generous land,
And dwell in it, to me a beloved.

6. And a river as the kissing whitened a chain,
And a trunk as the fresh became verdant and fruitful.

7. And many a gentle breeze passed me by, fragrant,
Delicate of edges, its creeping unfelt.

8. I found in it from that water a trial,
And from the light of those plains, delight.

9. So I shook the hands of the breeze's youths longing
For it and held fast to the delicate rod.

10. And the wild beasts had necklaced a hillside for a paunch
There and a throat for the spacious plain.

11. And the leaves were eloquent in every mound
A chant, as the breeze softened, gentle.

12. And in the days of youth it sang,
Yearning for a brother and friend returned, weeping.

13. It called for the sunset of tears, and the house was strange,
So I saw none but a caller and respondent.