1. I wish when you promised me once,
you would convince me for all time,

2. that you would never abandon me,
for that would chill my heart.

3. Heal my heart of me, for in it
is a wound I gashed with my own hand.

4. If my sustenance is up to you, then aim it
into the eyes of a snake lying in wait.

5. Long have I lived, but never thought
I would be content with anyone.

6. How could I err without gaining or rising
from a stumble to the right path?

7. If I were free, as I claimed, and you had
fettered me with expectations, I would not comply.

8. I was patient when you wronged me, but if
you return to the like, return my promise.

9. For I am worthy of that in my greed,
and in my sins, a frequented road.

10. May God distance me when my craving
carries me to the likes of such affection.

11. Now I know, after your deed,
that I am a slave, bound in shackles.

12. I have become, from the foulness I was pelted with,
one who is called Father of the Dog, not Father of the Lion.