1. Beware and enjoy life's bounty
While fate's events unfold inevitably

2. Affecting all mankind commonly
Though blame is on the helpless and weak primarily

3. So trust no man completely
Though a close relative or cousin he may be

4. With welcoming faces and unsheathed swords they came
A pretender made claims that were untamed

5. Lies they recited and threats they proclaimed
And you agreed "Yes, you spoke true" - so misnamed

6. Awaken, for their words are unstable foundations
Mere embellished justifications

7. For the blindness cast on you by their illusions
Time shifts its favors ceaselessly

8. Lands change hands repeatedly
Camels know not if blindness was cast

9. On their riders, or clear sight they yet have