1. Reproach, once you were a companion to me,
Until I abandoned you though old friends wavered.

2. Once I conversed freely at gatherings,
But I watched my aims and I straightened the crooked.

3. And I lost brothers whose life
Allowed me to give what I wished and deny.

4. So to whom shall I speak when disaster strikes?
Show me your view! Or to whom shall I flee?

5. May a day come upon you once
When one weeps over you, muffled, though you cannot hear.