1. You give me nothing, nor do I ask,
Patience fails, necessity compels,

2. The door rips away the veil of my state,
You do not let me in, nor do I enter,

3. Death is easier than some life
I have endured the harshest necessity,

4. I had no confidence to be shamed failing,
Rather I had confidence I would fail,

5. And I considered doing what I spared you
Mentioning, and left it, and will do it,

6. In every valley I intended, but none
Beyond the rain were valleys flowering,

7. Do you hope that fertile talk
From unobtainable clouds will pour down?

8. The upshot you know of my intention
Is that I cannot obtain your knowledge,

9. I have no road I travel, no ship
My feet, no camp when I alight,

10. And when I loose my arrows, slaughter
Itself says "Listen to what the killed says!"