1. Deliver thou my message unto Abu Makhzum
And beware! for every word is not without avail,

2. But for thy father's sake! divulge not aught!
Lest unto thee the horsemen give battle in the vale,

3. Alone thou'st wept, so far from friend or brother,
While ruins mock thee in thy friendless bale,

4. Can yearning aught avail thee? Save thee, brother?
Or ward the Necromancer's venom'd bale?