1. At every turn a motherhood dies
And a fatherhood returns to the loins and ends

2. Woe to the souls when they are seized by ruin
In the madness of anxiety or clinging to it

3. They kneel, kissing its heels, hoping
To be saved from a life they do not desire

4. Some of the sheep sleep hugging the scrub
While their shepherds indulge in pleasures