1. I seek refuge for you from blame after praise
So seek refuge for me from fighting after peace

2. I gave you all my poems, but when
You won them, I gained no reward

3. Like tinder I hoped it would help kindle
The light, but my flint failed

4. You were my ally but you broke my sword
You were my aide but you shattered my lance

5. I was protected but my house was disgraced
By your entrance, a gaping breach after opening

6. O lion I called on to protect me
From harm but he ravaged my fold

7. O doctor I hoped would heal my body
With his hands but increased my wounds

8. O moon I hoped to travel by its light
But darkness veiled it from me with its wings

9. I will fling my resolve into the mouth of the night
And spur on the stallion across the salty ground

10. For a man of refined nature, gentle
Generosity with graceful giving, open-handed

11. Dignified, not taken lightly by the nights
Or fooled from seriousness into joking

12. When the night of trials stretches out a hand
He straightens it with his resolve by morning

13. And if questioning runs to his help
He follows its path with success

14. And I turn my thoughts from all who forebode
Evil upon consciences after every comfort

15. He threatens me with ugliness after beauty
And I have seen none but ugliness after ugliness