1. Nothing grieved me as my brother grieved me,

    nor could I approve before God of what he was doing.

  2. Yet when God puts His decree into effect,

    the day must come when you see the matter come to pass.

  3. Had I been consulted about it, they would have found

    their own kinsman far removed from such a course.

  4. Nor would I have accepted what they had accepted,

    even had all the assembled hosts been mustered against me.

  5. Even had my nose been slashed before then in a single stroke—

    with a razor—I would never have cast myself as a follower of peace.

Sol 5.6