1. I bear myself above what I cannot endure
And tread the path of grievous matters

2. And bestow kindness on one who does not repay good with good
And from my poor judgement it's as if I'm a slave

3. And make a pact with one who is not faithful
To a covenant - though I have not been firm in my oath or certain of it

4. And I am more unfortunate than anyone on earth whose means are straitened
By reasons he who never cares for me has made narrow

5. So oh Lord, a state without worries or harm
In which he embarks on a matter that chokes his throat

6. If seriousness does not set out with happiness, then one who sits
Weeping, seriousness, even half, is like an old slave

7. So oh how strange I am that I struggle hard
To get from fate white that has been hidden very carefully

8. And stranger still is how I seek something
From fate when I have been enslaved by it while still a child

9. When a man cannot restrain himself and is not capable of patience
He restrains his humiliation wherever he is led and pulled along

10. The loyalty of nights to nights is for him who is loyal
Lasting as long as he lives if his nature remains constant