1. Do not blame me, for I have no

    knowledge of the things unseen.

  2. How could I know how far I had gone

    along my path?

  3. I grope blindly among the things I seek,

    blind to whether my quest will prosper.

  4. Had I known what refuge to seek

    before embarking,

  5. I would never knowingly have summoned

    harm to befall me;

  6. I would have been free of

    regret or second thoughts.

  7. Nor would my reproacher ever have

    prevailed over me—

  8. no, nor would so much as a mote

    have touched my drink.

Sol 5.6