1. I defend you from blame, and excuse myself,
For he who does not bend to gentleness, breaks under force.

2. If my affair is in my hands, then as you see,
If not, manage it well, name it not my affair.

3. Patience is but to await what I desire,
Yet I grew impatient for patience’s outcome.

4. And I said: Oh patience, if you bring reward
In the future, that comes when life has gone.

5. How often has the future granted a dead man
No leave through the veils of the grave.