When the rains let loose mortal men’s fears

   And water earth with mournful tears

Sad songs sung our heart draws near

   Drowning memories of our wasted years

The art of reigning men unleashed

   Nowhere to hide, nowhere unreached

Now arm and leg bound by the chain

   Let loose, awakened lion, wild stallion’s brain

Freedom yet beyond their grasp

   Fearful terror ties them to the clasp

All the soul’s eye can see

   Is freedom or martyred immortality