1. Three years have passed, my prince, since you left
Yet you still live within my heart and mind

2. How could I ever forget, not for a moment
My lifetime's companion, beloved and aide

3. How could I forget your kindness or your grace
Or the cheer of your radiant smile

4. How forget your valour whenever faced
With situations dire, though cowards recoiled

5. How forget your judiciousness paired with resolve
In your magnanimous heart and soul

6. How forget the generosity of that noble one
And the gentle humor of that mighty lord

7. None in the East compared to you my prince
For you turned cruelty into mercy and good

8. Stature like a spear, face like the dawn
Awe like a lion, charm like sweet perfume

9. You built for the future as wisely as any could
To prepare for what destiny might bring

10. Oh, if only you were granted one more year
To fulfill the plans made in your final days

11. Your people would have seen such generosity
A peerless openhandedness and giving

12. But cruel death obstructed this noble aim
And afflicted the poor with its bitter sting

13. If perchance you faltered, still you excelled
In all you accomplished in your years brief

14. Who can blame my tears, for one so great as you
No loss can compare, who then can blame my grief

15. Though complaint is fruitless when fate has ruled
It comforts the broken heart to voice its woe