1. I said in my confusion to the sky and the stars
Show me some light that can be my guide

2. It answered, if only I could, I wouldn't be
So stingy with what you asked me for

3. But I'm tied to my sisters, the laws
I cannot change or alter at all

4. I said to the wind, ease the cold for I
Find its weight on me too much to bear

5. It replied, I cannot for I must blow
Hot and cannot deviate from my course

6. I'm like you in my world, driven
So why blame me if I blow wild?

7. After such futility, I said to illness
Have mercy and do not take me

8. God said, I bear no grudge against you
I wasn't miserly before nor cruel

9. Except that I'm ordered to make you suffer so
I have no choice but to make you suffer