1. The beloved bid farewell as he departed
And what cannot be repelled came to pass

2. I know not anymore if my friend will return
Bereft of him, how can I now act?

3. Shall I live in chastity and fortitude
In good health or violently despair?

4. Indeed I have milked fate half its harm
Thus seeing what hurts and what profits

5. I knew the living must die
And the youth enjoys not his family forever

6. They said, does not Khariym Bin Amer weep?
I said, do the humiliated and defeated weep?

7. Misfortunes have afflicted me, so I see
No expected calamity make me waver

8. I was patient and patience was best in trial
Should I despair, would that benefit me?

9. I controlled the tears of my eyes until I returned them
To my inner sights as the heart weeps

10. I strengthened my soul against the blows of fate
So no incident shakes its tranquility

11. Have you not seen me build upon the lion his den
And heap upon him soil, not cringing?

12. I line his furs upon an old coat
Letting through it the moonlight shine

13. As if I build in the pit a hero
Bent to rise and plead

14. The remnants of the soul in it from its nearness
Recall the days of life though it is dead, masked

15. Khariym was to his father Khalif
A shelter from the worst of days

16. I make believe with fate he remains
A ray of light from him still emerges

17. The morning sun recalls his face's light
I have moments with it when it rises

18. I stored him as treasure for every affliction
Yet the arrow of death burns what is treasured

19. Remaining moons would wander veiled
If one moon sets or wanes

20. When a moon disappears or dims
Another moon shines from the horizon

21. Had I wanted to weep blood, I'd weep it for you
But the field of patience is more expansive

22. If I show patience and composure
And treat my enemies gently when you are hurt