1. I did not know how sorrow and grief could be
Until I was tried with something beyond what I can bear

2. I did not know, I did not know that death in my eyes
And that my heart follows my eyes

3. I did not know that the death of all people
In the blink of an eye the sun's sun is gathered

4. And that I am erected for the arrows of death
From the side of one who does not refrain from shedding the blood of creation