1. O soldiers of land and sea, bear witness,

    and hear from me a few eloquent words.

  2. This is my hand, torn apart by morsels

    plucked from atop the tips of spears.

  3. That is my body: time has etched upon

    every limb of it the terrors of struggle.

  4. Indeed, I have come to loathe the burdens of eminence

    among you, and life in the shadow of sword blades.

  5. May God have mercy on a minister who labored:

    his hands were filled with pride, and so he rested.

Sol 6.1