1. All the racers before me
Fall short of pacing with the crow

2. I urged him on and said
Outpace the fleet bare hills

3. Of smooth hide as though
Mirage flows in his body

4. Tall of stature as though
His upright trunk was dyed

5. With ears drooping he is
Lofty and of ample cheeks

6. Neck of the riding camels haughty
Striding on deaf solid ground

7. Caparisoned he trots in
His forelegs the ways of wonder

8. Slow of pace as though
His slowing is the slowing of wolves

9. Like the nimble hyena in
Its pouncing or like the eagle