1. I associated with the girls of time until they made me see
Wondrous things beyond counting

2. So their bounty was misery and their joy was sorrow
And their health was sickness and their giving was refusal

3. The ignorant gains wisdom from a brother yet quiet
While the wise without strength are laden with toil

4. I have an ambition that seeks the stars and a state
That twists what I seek so it's adverse to me

5. If that raises me this debases me
Each reaching an extreme in its will

6. What's the state of one between falling and rising
With no escape from either of the two

7. Misfortunes kept striking me until it was as if
My heart was the cheek for every blow