1. Take it slowly, take it slowly
How much plotting against the soul, step by step

2. Stop or don't stop, for next to me
Are arrows you have unleashed that won't be turned back

3. The blows reach me ceaselessly, I see no end for you
So fear God and keep within your bounds

4. Or make from stones a heart for me
Then make for me a liver of iron

5. And stop my streaming eyes that find no rest
And stop my throbbing side that knows no peace

6. For it's an injustice that a threat is made
Of what I hoped for, impatiently awaiting