侘傺乎吾求息死兮，

Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,

睹芳草生而萎賤；

As to behold desert a beggar born,

何蕭艾而扈芷兮，

And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity,

豈精誠而悔捐。

And purest faith unhappily forsworn,

And gilded honour shamefully misplaced,

赧修名之枉授兮，

And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,

哀貞女之遭罹；

And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,

雖信姱而替詬兮，

And strength by limping sway disabled,

蹇駑傷夫騏驥。

And art made tongue-tied by authority,

And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill,

夫黨人之蔽美兮，

And simple truth miscalled simplicity,

偽學愚弄乎繩墨；

And captive good attending captain ill:

諑夷道以簡微兮，

  Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,

恒淩善而諂惡。

  Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.

已矣哉！吾將去此以流亡，

若余之死兮惟靈修之獨傷。