1. You forgot me, O epitome of patience, neither
Troubled by anything nor marveling.

2. A possessed king whom his troops would kill,
And after the throne hyenas would mount.

3. He sinned no sin but that
He loved, so he eased what was arduous.

4. O band of endurance, no voice of mine
Has tempted the blind to find sweet.

5. You won from the Turks a freedom
That for you was a vessel onto evil.

6. At the hands of the slain ancestor who
Forgot you; his foul hid his fair.

7. It would have been meet with mercy, even
If you saw him desirous in passion.

8. Your system chaos, your whims
Diverse, and your striving is marred.

9. No command of the Serbs shall be set right
Till mercy be denied or taken away.

10. Fetters and shackles are owed to him
Who erred, then hurt his mother and father.

11. Can he who has tried and cannot see reason
Be surfeited by all he has tried?