1. I yearned for those who left me behind
And the spotted raven flew between us

2. Its wings scorched as if the cheeks of its head
Were live coals, burning with news

3. So I deterred it from nesting
Ever again, leaving it a lone mourner

4. Indeed, those whose loss you lamented to me
Kept me up all night, tormenting me

5. And a windswept she-camel, slackened,
On which bold riders mount covered up

6. So I deterred her from women of Aamir
Whose thighs seem like palm trunks

7. And I knew that if death comes for me
Fleeing faster won't save me from it

8. So I waited patiently, knowing this, free
While the coward's soul peeks out furtively