وَحالَفتُ الوُحوشَ وَحالَفَتني

بِقُربِ عُهودِهِنَّ وَبِالبِعادِ

I swore alliance with beasts and they swore it to me

In the nearness of their covenants and distances

وَأَمسَى الذِّئبُ يَرصُدُني مِخَشّاً

لِخِفَّةِ ضَربَتي وَلِضَعفِ آدي

And the wolf came to stalk me in the evening out of fear

Of the lightness of my blows and the weakness of my limbs

وَغَولا قَفرَةٍ ذَكَراً وَأُنثى

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِما قَطعَ البِجادِ

Treachery of a barren desert male and female

As if the sheep’s saddle had been broken between them