1. Tears flowed from your eyes, a home turned desolate
By a torrent of grief washed away are its dwellers

2. Once a flock of doves were there, among them
No emir left that would part them when far he wandered

3. I stood and sent greetings but no response came
No words uttered, though looked for in puzzlement

4. Make its intent an easily bound scroll that ties
Like a ship’s plank its pages and leaves in order

5. When she grew arrogant I bound it fast
If she sniffed the stallion or showed her zeal

6. She feared the whip's blow, never ceasing to be
As if inside her were devils to startle her

7. My doves guard against powers rent asunder
The hounds of hatred prowl, evade their savagery

8. No estrangement will breach a pact I have sealed
If those who would change it tire of savagery

9. My doves will this world return us to one day
Or else, how can its former ways be hoped for?