1. Have mercy on an afflicted one
Whose wounded heart still bleeds

2. With half a soul left grieving
For the other half, it needs

3. Bereavement is prolonged death
Indefinite in its reach

4. My friend, how strange is time
In all that it does teach

5. Obscurity is better
Than making all so clear

6. We take delight in verse
When solid and sincere

7. The rose describes its bloom
And the wind in branches blown

8. Travelers depict their journey
Unfettered and full grown

9. Travelers depict their journey
Unfettered and full grown

10. You were shamed, my newborn child
Green life just freshly sown

11. A free spirit, my dear son
Still rash in his fiery youth

12. He lived life to the fullest
Seeking all his heart would soothe

13. And left his home so lonesome
When he went from here removed

14. With your heart split - part still there
And part entombed and moved

15. God graced his resting place
In his vast and hallowed rooms

16. So show mercy to yourself
And pray for him as he blooms

17. Fine solace for the steadfast
Is faith sincere and whole

18. This was a brother to you
Whom fate with loss took toll

19. He sends his youthful vigor
To mend your wounds with his