1. Good fortune came your way, as you wished
And the fates gave you what you wanted

2. And your enemies still, each day
Are subjugated by itsdecisions

3. You hid for it the meadows' treasures
As the lions hide their claws

4. Against the enemies' schemes you have a scheme
And seriousness not eroded by time

5. Impregnable, undefeated by nights
That could destroy it or add to it

6. Urge on the steeds to its glory
Though distant hopes betray it

7. And dress it each day in the feathers
That its path stirs from the ground

8. As if its feet and hands are bound
By the shackles of oaths

9. So you are, when its pride is tested
And the matter becomes most grave

10. And be as your father, whom sorrows disown
And whom the hammer acknowledges as its own

11. The clouds watered it without depriving
It of lightning's visitation

12. For hope would roam freely in it
And threats suffice as its punishment

13. I see my words leading nowhere
Though boasting and poems abound

14. If the loyal one betrays and you catch him
Violating pacts and covenants

15. For you will always have from me
Praise that does not expire or cease

16. Taken by all the land's transmitters
As roses take in the dew

17. A passion not confused by despair
And a love forever renewed