1. They gathered their beauty and scattered their union
A separation that did not consider the settled or the departing

2. They showed loyalty, yet their last vow
Was betrayal - the generous saw the betrayer's deed

3. Our pact would not have withered, had the dilator been true
Or the miser let his avarice fade

4. So I followed them, and my friend, saddened
Left the encampment, grieved and withdrawn

5. Until the gloom cleared to reveal a bright dawn
Like an ostrich egg relinquished by a tossing ostrich

6. And we reached the tracks of the caravans, but over them
Destiny had cast its unpredictable decrees

7. And we looked through the litters’ drapes with eyes
Whose glances were like archers’ arrows, poised to fly

8. I did not know, until we were visited by them
That eyes could be deadly warriors and valiant slayers

9. And they stopped the galloping steeds, so my friend
Stood tall before the riders, though her heart quailed