1. The water-drawers of glory made me drink from the family of the unjust
With a bucket whose edges are in the stars

2. And at the top of the one with the palm trees, they lead
Steeds with sturdy necks and ready to charge

3. They sway with a swaying that is upon them a thickeness
As the swaying of scorpions with flies

4. And we had, for our amusement, something to charm our drowsiness
When it would overwhelm us with the tinkling of anklets

5. If you ask about the houses of meanness and vileness
Then ask about the houses of green, green warriors

6. You can see meanness in the green one, you can recognize it
In a position between the beard and eyebrows

7. The green one certainly mounted me, and his dust
Upon a ship made of the ships of champions