1. O my companion on the road of sorrows
Walk on, for fate has marked the farthest bounds

2. Walk on, let us traverse a distance
Before the nights fade away

3. Long is this road
And life is short in scope

4. We grew tired and lost
In the ravines of dreams

5. We walked and waded
Behind the specters of imagination

6. And found union
And enjoyed beauty

7. So we disliked every state
Yearning for another state

8. Then we came between these
And those, and cared not

9. We carry sorrow as our banner
For wretchedness and endurance

10. And from people we hid our complaints
For whom to complain, and who would listen?

11. You have a heart like mine
Aspiring, rising high

12. But reaps from ambition
Only calamities and trials

13. How much we found fortune
Yet it brought but pain

14. How much bread we ate
At times bitter, at times sweet