1. The smoke billowed but no flame appeared
Yet the wood underneath was ripped and sheared

2. The thunder rumbled but we found no rain
After it, though the clouds around it cleared

3. Wretched is the dust in its owner’s eye
When it rose, specks flew to cause him strife

4. Those sparrows attempted, making a try
To catch crickets, but their prey was flight

5. A nightingale arrogantly withstood
The gun’s pellets, and its home’s now blighted

6. O House of Raslan, your abodes have stood
Held high, compared to the seven planets bright

7. To you belongs the right of reverence and awe
From one who knows ranks are not misconstrued

8. A wise one among us says in your hall
My soul, here proper etiquette’s pursued

9. The meek with you find all honorable things
While the aggressive meet ruin and feud

10. Like a sea the sword’s blade sinks while charging in
Yet the scabbard and hilt float on the wood

11. If ignorance made some greedily begin
Coveting you, no greed you have includes

12. Your patience surpasses the ignorant one’s sin
No sin can exceed it, no grudge intrudes

13. Forgiveness is only with power seen
Blessings! No clemency from frailty exudes

14. The forbearing one does not take pleasure or preen
From merely a hand-lick, as rectitude would