صديق لنا مذ ذقت طعم اخائه

غصصت وقد أربى على المر شهده

A friend of ours, since I tasted his brotherhood

I was choked, though he was raised on bitterness his nectar

فأضعف من نسج العناكب عهده

وأضيع من نار الحباحب وده

So his covenant is weaker than a spider's web

And his love is more lost than a firefly's glow