1. I imprisoned myself with my own hands
Without being sentenced

2. I remained behind the door in
The darkness of my gloomy night

3. Waiting for the visit of one
Who is my only wish

4. How many footsteps did I think were
The footsteps of my tormentor

5. So my heart would jump and I would
Prick up my ears

6. Her voice may fade away
And despair returns to me

7. Then I go back again
And sit on my seat

8. Standing erect in my stance
With my hand on the door

9. And so I spent those
Two hours, O brother

10. And whenever I told my heart
To despair, one of my two comforts

11. Would say, "Have patience, perhaps
His conscience is still alive

12. For loyalty to one's promise is the trait
Of a free and noble man"

13. It would say, "Have patience, maybe
He will fulfill his faithful promise"

14. And when it saw what
It saw, what had happened to me

15. It addressed me saying
"This conscience is not alive

16. So leave him and leave mentioning him
For you are nothing to him"