Please answer, Precisely.
Lion, who encircles the thicket with his urine,
Champion of the bush, who sends the young hunter in haste up the thorn tree.
He says, ‘Except for the elephant,
Except for man,
Except for the black, black stick, (1)
Except for God…’ (2)

1. What is the meaning of the "black, black stick"?