1. This long road
Darkened with gloom

2. The guide lost his way
And the wombs cried out

3. This long road
When will its end be seen?

4. When will the lost find
His staff and rest?

5. Its pebbles still
Dyed with blood

6. Dew waters the thorns
Of valiant tales

7. The bare hungry ones
And the well-clad

8. All went victims
Of life's hopes

9. They left with no happy one
Among them, nor wretched

10. The old like the young
The free like the shackled

11. So ask the sands of the road
Do you remember the departed?

12. The old answer comes
Across the years

13. Beyond the question
Is only another question

14. So be content with the silence of shadows
About what lips may say