1. The bonds of companionship were untied around you,
And the caravans of parting carved your tombstone.

2. A breeze blew over the edges of your grave,
Its edges wet with tears of grief.

3. Why did I ask life for companions,
And rested my eyelids from weeping?

4. Only because the white of my tears
Turned red, mingled with blood.

5. Your body called out to my hands,
Permitting them white and red.

6. How can I repay the gift of your love
That you honored me with, a drop of water?

7. O pearl! The world let go of you
In despair of kindness and giving.

8. And took you back after letting you go,
Such is the way of the misers!

9. If your stay with us was short,
As if you were a greeting of waving.

10. You were a stranger living high above,
Such is the short stay of strangers!