1. Men parade if Bishara falls ill,
With that one, and which people has time spared?

2. And if a man by death's made exultant,
He's pledged someday though youth's fooled him.

3. So if I die then shore up what you've shored, don't waver
If it's said one day "who'll man your mouth?"

4. Or else my being no bondsman's son won't grieve you-
Patient with fate if patience I've lost.