1. It is not you we blame for this painful fate,
And yourself remains safe from its wrath.

2. If grief has worn down your body,
Far greater woes have burdened us.

3. So spare yourself from imagined illness,
When it is our own hearts that are sick.

4. You are the sky whose shade,
When gone, is followed by darkness.

5. You are the morning whose light
Dispels the blackest gloom.

6. You are the clouds whose rain
Brings life to the barren waste.

7. The highest tongues speak of you
When the generous patron is recalled.

8. Whoever gained rank through your grace,
His day outshines all other days.

9. When the days have turned against you,
Pillars of nobility do not crumble.

10. By God, Lord of all creation,
To whom all oaths are made –

11. If the skies poured down their rain,
You would live, the cloudburst your shade.