1. My imprisonment and my father Ali's
Are among the wonders of time

2. A blind man being led and a lame man
With neither legs nor hands to use

3. This one has no sight, that one here
Carries me while both our feet fail

4. O you who saw a whale swallowing fish
While its mate was left in place

5. My eyes and my father Ali's
Our lifetime's misfortune is shared

6. Let him who boasts of his steed know
That our rides are two crutches

7. Two feet that no food can heal
No glad tidings or hopes at all

8. Prison took me and him whether
Fate's fire smoldered or burned bright