1. She wished for a young, useful lad for her
And that was a cunning fully equipped with snares

2. She rejoiced when told you have been given a knight
Yet he is but a coarse pawn posing as a knight

3. Did you not hear what days called out with their ups and downs
Take refuge in what little the sly times allow

4. And beware not to forget, for time does not forget
To remind us of its events and hound us

5. It frightens us with horrors of what is to come
And it has enough horrors that we live through