O, inclement Muse,
must I seek to explain
to you, above all,
how the life from me drains?

O, inclement Muse,
I seek other ways
to safeguard my mind
and prolong mortal stay.

O, inclement Muse,
as strange as it seems,
you and I bring short silence
to lives filled with screams.

O, inclement Muse,
will ever you free
my pen and mind, both,
from this dark slavery?