1. O fate, you are wise about men,
For you have long deceived and destroyed them,

2. O fate, save me from the one you deceived in vain,
And the son of the leader is absent, buried.

3. Now our experiences call us: leave
Your world, for happiness is an illusion.

4. O fate, your claws made prey
Of a man - by my life, if you only knew how great he was!

5. A man - if infidelity looked good after him,
Destiny would be enraged and intention foiled.

6. I complain to you of a languishing soul,
And I blame in you the flowing tears.

7. And I say to the freely weeping eye:
My friend, if you went blind, it would be trivial.

8. After you, I died a secret death,
Caused by your renowned death.

9. And I was buried in the grave of worries, shrouded
By narrow-chested, pensive thoughts.

10. Your girls laughed your laugh whenever
A guest came to you or a poor man.

11. The tails of our Lord's mercy covered you
And God is righteous to the far and forgiving.

12. Your fresh youth watered your tomb
For a month, though plants live for months.

13. Generosity like yours, or like my eyes, or blood
Your famous sword shed among the enemies!

14. I long for resurrection, not to find
You there with all mankind present.

15. And I love death, knowing that after death
I will join you without fail.