1. Naught remains of me but a faint breath
Frail, and of my sun but a flicker

2. My body, with which illnesses toyed
Its motions, the motions of one suffocated

3. Illnesses left in my body naught
But a poor wretch, tossed to and fro

4. I asked for patience, bearing
What afflicted me, but could not endure

5. O you who reproach me - advice is my nature -
Do not approach me, lest you be burned