1. You concealed your love, yet love itself does speak,
And you betrayed a heart in love that's torn and bleak,

2. You left me to a time that's harsh and cold as stone,
And joy in life for me is hellfire sewn.

3. You made me in love like one whose love is sold
To absent ones, his head in misery bowed.

4. So do not blame me, oh my heart, if one day after this
I call in sorrow that my love is now forbid.

5. No wonder, oh my heart, a bird cries out in pain,
It lived its life here, twittering its sad refrain.

6. On you a prayer from one who shared in friendship tight,
On castles you have built now destruction's blight.

7. The days have willed to show what's lain in dust concealed
Of love that hovered gently and its warmth I've felt.

8. So do not grieve, my heart, for the first traitor's sting,
Who betrays a heart that lived in brotherhood's ring.

9. Be steadfast - time washes sorrow tides away,
Though one I loved turns from me in scorn today.

10. Weep not for grief that comes at dawn before the light,
For betrayers' fate at last is long regretful night.

11. Fear not the tyranny of passing nights that flow,
When calm is shattered storms must come and go.

12. If dread of fickle days that bring me pain comes nigh,
I'll hide my love, though love itself does speak and cry.