1. Bare of shoulder and arm from bowing,
He roams naked at night, bare of scabbard,

2. A little-sleeping Ghaibir wandering alone
A friend on the outskirts of desolate lands,

3. Rare the drowsing of eyes but to vanish
Passing by eyes of a hungry, kneeling heart,

4. When a night grows intense, its edge hunting sleep,
Guiding the beams of its glances to temptations.

5. It bargains between two watchers when there closes
Over sleep the lids of drowsy, tempting eyes.

6. It has a snatching, crafty from every three,
Like the bolt of a crossbow triggering prey.

7. It harmed me, and the darkness was almost spent,
Routing the stars' revealers of dawn.

8. He folded himself and slipped into the mantle of night,
And every man is led by the rule of temptation.

9. If a thing eludes his hearing, his nose guides him;
And if sight fails him he sees with his hearings.

10. He stared and stared till he scratched the ground in falsehood
And fled though I did not scare him.

11. When one of the quarries challenges his muzzle,
He takes it back helped by his elbows.

12. A habitual runner gambling his breath at every mighty task,
Who goes on when those who did not defend failed to go on.

13. When the shepherd protects the sheep it emboldens him‐
A hidden rover not fearing the scouts.

14. He fools him mocking with his stares
Like a deceitful son of many dark events.

15. And when he limped with the sands between us
My companions were sure he would not come back.

16. He swaggered and the darkness battered his face
To us with the tails of tumultuous winds.

17. Woe to him from one seeking a meal who returned a meal
To a hasty folk keen with request or denial.