1. I say to Yahya on the night of imprisonment overflowing,
And my sleep with it is the sleep of the shackled prisoner.

2. I help watch the stars and glance at them,
You help sharpen poetry of purpose.

3. In both our states is a lesson and reflection,
And the strangest thing is the imprisonment of a blind cripple.

4. Both of us, if the cane leaves his palm,
Collapses dead or prostrates on his face.

5. For his cane guides his blind steps,
And the other is a prop for the hand and foot.