1. Do not seek vengeance from my heart
For my tears are vengeance enough

2. Suffice it the slights that reap
Your disdain and boasting

3. I believed in beauty coldly
And in youth a flaming fire

4. And in the church and those who went around it
Seeking refuge and help

5. A faith for those who worship beauty
In the eyes of Christians

6. You have been tested, oh beauty
In pride or aloofness

7. And I have known you, oh decoy
With a mocking smile

8. And I have witnessed you, oh harsh one
A tyrannical sword

9. I have yearned for you, love and God
And for hot tears

10. Why did you not cast away the splendor of beauty
And remember the neighborhood