1. It is not my way to take advantage of a friend
So do not make it your way to take advantage of me

2. On earth there is the living and the non-living
So let stillness be between us and sleep

3. A dead man has passed whom
No eye has seen except in a dream's sight

4. So the sensible among us does not care
If an assembly is convened or dispersed

5. The flute of times told of the flute of companions
When the time of sorrow played its tune

6. And betrayal is the nature of mankind
So beware before you sleep

7. Whoever claims to be loyal
Let him trace his lineage to other than mankind