1. The stranger lamented the absence for eternity
Alive with fear, far from home

2. Perplexed, with solace and shade both denied
A day threatened him with the evil of tomorrow

3. The raven swooped, boding ill
As misfortunes awoke to assail someone

4. And bought his own ill omen with his right hand
Seriousness and difficulty walked with him hand in hand

5. Until he rested in a fatal land
Where he was neither born nor fathered children

6. His wife mourned him, her sighs and laments unceasing
Time's events fell heavy upon her

7. Destroying her, leaving orphans to her children
The days seized him, then recoiled

8. Leaving him with neither shelter nor means
So that after he faded they left

9. As much of him as they leave of a worn-out garment