1. I was born in an hour when
The stars of misfortune shone in the liver of the sky.

2. So it was destined that I be unfortunate,
That's why I was singled out with an excess of intelligence.

3. And that I live in a land where
Men of merit are counted among the wretched.

4. Is it any wonder that I am melancholy,
Just as the neighbor of fools would be.