1. O Sa'eed, how strange this is
Where is that welcoming and greeting?

2. Between us cheer and affection have run out
And vanished like cooling embers

3. You visited well-off so association caused disassociation
As a cloak causes an old man to seem dignified

4. Let not the turning of fate deceive you
For fate was once unjust and will repent

5. And be surprised at what I suffer from
For so were Muslim and Habeeb

6. May Allah protect Ahmad ibn Mani'
As long as stars shine and south winds blow

7. He was truly the bosom friend of the literary man
And who knows the right of the literary man except a literary man?

8. Gentle, tender-hearted, of excellent character
Bright-faced and open-breasted

9. I have no share in a house or money
Except two shares other than my honour, which is my share

10. So be gentle with us for a while as you used to be
For departure from you is near