1. I revealed what was hidden of my inner pain
And so what I had always concealed became exposed

2. And I did not find in a heart that would not help me
Patience over being killed by estrangement, any consolation

3. When I turned to see how you were, and had not
Become, after such humiliation, exonerated

4. I knew that you embodied the meaning of all mankind
And if I had obeyed you, it would have been destined