1. I praise Allah who settled me in the abode of disgrace
And estranged me from all those I loved even my own tongue

2. Let none who see me after me testify to affection
He who thinks well of people, what thought of me undid him

3. I had a bosom friend on whom I pinned great expectations
His spirit my spirit but our bodies not the same

4. His concerns my concerns and mine his in everything
He neither disobeyed me nor I him, enough has tried me

5. Then when the vicissitudes of time made sport of me
He shunned professing friendship, so I masked my meanings

6. Verily in subtle hints to the wise are found explanations