1. The times are troubled, lacking clarity,
And loyalty is seen by the noble as treachery.

2. Since I have been in it, I see it oppressing me,
So when will I see it bringing me justice?

3. There is no day of it that does not make me drink
The ugliness of its actions bitterly.

4. So it is as if I am in it a pearl
That despite it, settles in the oyster shell.