1. A night, in which darkness blindfolded the eye
In which the kohl-lined eye went astray

2. I held its rein and my coat of mail was over me
Under me the skittish mare strode powerfully

3. The stars glittered on their foreheads
As they moved slowly in the robes of darkness

4. Then she came trotting gently, her cheek sunken
Her eyes full, her stride graceful

5. Her saliva almost cured me of my anguish
If not for my devotion a pleasurable illness

6. The perfume mingled with it as the dew descended
At the end of night in a gentle drizzle

7. The trinkets broadcast a secret I kept
So we left our desire unsatisfied

8. And she made the tribe flee until they feared her
When she embraced the wolf of wrath

9. I fear only four things
That lodge sorrows in the heart's crevices

10. And I am like one who suffers from
The fangs of the most vicious lions

11. Sweat that smelled sweet, a face that wore
The full moon's radiance, musk and aloe