1. The one you adore has been won
By another, not me, whom you've shunned

2. My boy you're a man - how you've grown!
Your father was right, I'm outdone

3. Born worthless, with honour you're clad
A worthy opponent you've had

4. Your triumphs all stem from the fact
That a cockerel once filled your dad

5. So say to your genius of a son
As my envoy these words to him run

6. Fortune's wheel is a fickle old crone
Who gives roots as gifts to the cones