1. Alas! By the home of Zaid as I passed
In haste, I wished to say these words:

2. Grant me before we part, for I see
My stay in your land will be but brief,

3. She shook her head in wonder and said:
I would excuse you, if but you saw them heedless.

4. But no known way out is known to me
Nor can I in secret make entry.

5. Come, give me guarantees, and take mine
That we shall not fail in fealty,

6. That we keep the trust, when far or near
And in our neighborhood do the Prophet's precepts.

7. Then to her I said, oh would that I
Could find a way to meet with you!