سندبادنامه 369.1

369.1

أقب ساط شرس شمردل مؤحد الفقرة رحو المفصل له اذا أدیر لحظ المقیل کأنما بنظر من سحبنحل یقعی حلوس البدوی المصطلی یعدو اذا أحزن عدو المسهل بأربع محدولة لم تحدلفثل الایادی ربدات الازجل آثارها أمثالها فی الجندل یکاد فی الوثب من التفتل بحمع بین متنه والکلکل ذی ذنب أجرد غیر أعزل

"Slender-flanked, long-striding, fierce, swift, / firm of spine, supple of joint;
When he looks around, his glance is so keen / it is as if he gazes through a bee-swarm;
He squats like a nomad warming himself at a fire; / he runs over rough ground as though racing on a plain,
With four twisted [limbs] unbent, / hands like the paws of a desert cat, legs dappled;
His tracks leave their likeness in the hard rock; / in his leap, from his agility,
He nearly joins his back to his chest; / possessing a smooth tail, not weaponless."