Sol 6.1

  1. Upon every tall, long-bodied mare worn lean

    By skirmishing with armed patrols, or a tall stallion,

  2. Shaggy and imposing, like a goat of the wilderness,

    Bounding, or a wild calf among ḥullab plants.

  3. When he sheds bulk from his belly,

    And becomes like a lone, wide-horned bull,

  4. The sinews supporting his limbs are twisted taut,

    As strands of hemp are tightly twisted.

  5. And his withers and neck rise

    Above the hollow of the riding-seat,

  6. Though the place where his two short ribs meet

    Is neither sunken nor humped.

  7. A bay horse, as though upon his back

    Lay ingots cast from pieces of gold.

Sol 6.1