1. Bitter miseries made me drink the cup of woe,
My passions were inflamed and my eyes overflow,

2. My home was made desolate of life's joys,
And the fates gave me only grief to know,

3. My hopes were shattered into worthless chaff,
My dreams betrayed me and all came to naught,

4. Fate filled my days with sorrow's bitter draught,
Disappointment clasped me in her arms distraught,

5. Misfortunes walked with me down loneliness
When fate held my reins and my life besought,

6. My ruin dwelt with me and laid me waste,
My end was sealed upon my coffin wrought,

7. For I am dead, my mourning will not last,
None shall lament me save the earth I sought,

8. My sighs and sorrow shall keep me company,
My exile, my tomb, my darkness anguish-fraught.