1. The raven said, when he saw people's toil
And their frenzy for the chatty nightingale:

2. "Why do not ears crave my voice like his?
What's the difference between his wing and mine?

3. I am stronger, my talons sharper by far,
Why do people sleep through my eulogies?

4. Do friends split lovers from their loves
And poison joy and all delight?

5. How many clear waters resemble poison -
Why are they not as desired as pleasure?

6. Luck depends not on bodies and their shapes;
The essence of all secrets dwells in the soul.

7. And song is a gift of heaven, though heaven
Was never pleased by the raven's caw."

8. Fate's judgement cannot be revoked - lament
And strike your neck as the victim of fate.