1. Friendship and brotherhood have soured
And intimacy has died, simplicity lost

2. Morals have changed and been distorted
For in all affection there is ostentation

3. He whom I thought truthful has gone
When hope belied my thoughts

4. Near Maxim's and D'Artagnan's house
A youth the heavens envied the earth

5. My doubts about him cured me
Though it's said doubt is malady

6. Swords were drawn against him out of hatred
And thirsty blades hovered around him

7. Keep away from him, you who seek loftiness
Do you have no cure but his blood?

8. By God, you seek only
His gore though blood may flow

9. I called you though the isle was out of earshot
And had it not been for the soil, my call would have fallen short

10. I felt our separation would last a month
But waiting and longing have grown long

11. Clear news of you would console a longing one
No news of you offers any clarity

12. I say, perhaps he is busy, though I know
That is but the illness of pride

13. Even if you mustered riders for him
Parting allows no reunion

14. Those of Tameem find it hard
That your life should console them

15. I will cloak worries about you
In a garment, my morn and eve equal

16. I looked forward to enduring, but was blamed
What endurance remains after losing you?

17. All share in a brother's love
My share is remembering you with tears

18. With what arms could I fight my anguish
If no water remains in my eyes?

19. You neglected us and overlooked us
As shepherds overlook ewes

20. Disdain sustained me and helped me
But disdain has now hurt me

21. If death has taken him
Dusk will overtake dawn

22. We are tired of the tricks of time
We loved it, but how great the affliction!

23. It lets us relax then pulls us slowly
As a bucket draws water gently

24. If it joins us, it will betray and cheat
Constancy is lacking in its nature

25. It frowns on those it pardons
Why give freely then show disfavor?

26. I am not pleased with my nature, but accept
What you decree and desire

27. If we had a choice, I'd choose no life
That would fade and vanish

28. We take medicine when sick
But can medicine cure death?

29. We choose a doctor, but what doctor
Can delay what fate dictates?

30. Our breaths are but counting
And our motions but fading