1. I'm amazed by one so deceived and prideful,
One journeying as if along smooth sands,

2. Reveling in sins and transgressions,
Yet claiming requital and just recompense.

3. Openly committing major sins, though just is the Lord,
Who weighs their smallest speck in recompense.

4. Defying truth, resting complacently
In the deceits of equivocation and metaphor.

5. He crossed the earth with hopes so lofty,
Though his end lies close, keeping pace.

6. You reckon you'll escape, but
You're ensnared in its coils, helpless prey.

7. Man, however far he strays from the path
Is no more than a sparrow in the grip of a falcon.