1. I praised you though night ravens croaked their dirge,
Yet no heed did you pay to my yearning eyes.

2. You persisted in wronging me, hard and stern,
While my soul refused to make peace with you.

3. You took delight in being free of my dreams,
Or to repay evil with evil, tit for tat.

4. Both are hateful choices, so rather take
The easy way and shun the path of harm.

5. And do not presume to domineer o’er me,
For I will tame the tyrant's haughty pride.

6. You shed the blood of honor, cease pursuing
Stubbornness, and seek to stanch the bleeding wound.

7. Make amends for sin and blame, else never
Will my censure cease or chorus of reproach.

8. Keep expecting the return of my rebuke
As women await recurrence of their cycles.