عَجَباً لي وَقَد مَرَرتُ بِأَبياتِكَ

كَيفَ اِهتَدَيتُ سُبُلَ الطَريقِ

I wonder as I passed by your verses

How I found the paths of the road

أَتَراني نَسيتُ عَهدَكَ فيها

صَدَقوا ما لَميتٍ مِن صَديقِ

Do you think I forgot our promise therein

They were truthful, a dead man has no friend