1. Enough of sorrow that I cannot visit my loved ones
Except with effort and imposition

2. And if I am greeted, I whisper to my guide
To correct me before responding

3. When they converse at length, my soul shrinks
Until I am confused and cannot express

4. As if I am a stranger among them, not one of them
Yet if they do not turn from loyalty or covenant

5. I endure tribulations too heavy to bear
For any but the most steadfast of men