1. Will you find for me a companion, a companion,
Loyal in friendship, or a friend, a friend,

2. May God, my friends, make long your lives,
Though fate’s caprice has parted us apart.

3. I was patron to you both, and naught was I
But a kind uncle, a loving protector.

4. Remember me, for how could you forget,
When a friend is missed by a friend?

5. I spend the night weeping for you both, strange
That a captive should weep for the free.