1. If people were fair they would say, you are a mountain
To which the gentle and cautious flock.

2. If not for your support, and my foes as game
I would be, for their plots, unwary prey.

3. You had what your loving allies hoped for you
If not for fate blocking the way.

4. One day it gathered your band then tore it
Asunder utterly, unexpected blows.

5. So let whoever among you, my folk, is steadfast
Know I have never been steadfast, not a day.