1. يا صَديقي وأَخي في

    كُلِّ ما يَعرو وَشِدَّه

    O my friend and brother through

    all that befalls us and every hardship,

  2. لَيتَ شِعري هَل زَرَعتُم

    بَذر كَتّانِ المِخَدّه

    would that I knew: have you sown

    the flaxseed for the pillow?