1. Had our piper desired to honor us
He would have, even were he dismembered, still piped

2. He piped early with the flute - would that he
Had piped early with remoteness and not attended

3. And he passed by in diverse places of his
While we are diverse from him in the assembly

4. With harshness that deafens our ears
And spite that clutches the nostrils

5. And after this and that he did not begin
Except that every speaker went too far