FRIENDS, COMPANIONS, HEAR MY TRUTH
AND MY CONVICTION
THESE BANISHMENTS THAT BEFALL US
BRING NO JOY, NEITHER TO MY HEART
NOR TO THAT OF THE YOUTH.
YOU SUFFER THE BITTERNESS OF THAT OPPRESSION
WHICH ANNIHILATED THE OLD FOLK
ON WHOM YOU COUNTED
AND TORTURES THE SOUL OF THE HEART
THAT KNOWS NO HATRED.
AND MY CONVICTION
THESE BANISHMENTS THAT BEFALL US
BRING NO JOY, NEITHER TO MY HEART
NOR TO THAT OF THE YOUTH.
YOU SUFFER THE BITTERNESS OF THAT OPPRESSION
WHICH ANNIHILATED THE OLD FOLK
ON WHOM YOU COUNTED
AND TORTURES THE SOUL OF THE HEART
THAT KNOWS NO HATRED.