1. O you who can inform the perceptive youths,
Of what I met at the mill of the qirān,

2. That I met a ghoul rushing
With a gazed like parchment being shaken.

3. So I said to her, both of us dismount;
A traveler's brother, so make room for me.

4. She came at me aggressively, so I struck
At her with my Yemeni sword, polished and keen.

5. I struck her without hesitation, and she fell
Vanquished by the blows of my hands and elbows.

6. She said, “Let me go,” and I said, “Stay still,
This is your place, for I am resolute.”

7. I did not stop leaning over her
To see what the morning would bring me,

8. When two eyes in an ugly head appeared,
Like the head of a cat with split tongue.

9. And legs with elephantiasis and dog paws,
Wearing a cloak or rough garment.