1. If I did not keep pace with time in its deeds
Time would turn away from me to an easy side

2. I resisted so I do not obey events
And a man like me does not obey accidents

3. If war laughed about cutting white swords
You would see red tears flowing on my blade

4. We refused money to protect dignity
From guests and the prosperous in fertility and ease

5. And we fix what our generosity left for us
To spend our lives in the habit of virtue