1. Though he departed, if we stayed it's because
He is a youth who, when he left, left all behind lamenting

2. Yet if passions in hearts for him were stirred
Long ago passions were stirred by similar disturbance

3. None like him was born of earth, nor did she
Wean one like him; and earth breeds noble breeds

4. He kept his distance, but his distance was not
Ever beyond reach; he is there for all who seek

5. No kinsman finds a relative when he lies buried
Under earth's rubble in his lonely tomb

6. When the earth imprisons half a spear's length down
He plunged into a depth fraught with terrors

7. As for the two intimates-earth's breadth severs them
One above it and one below it in his misery