Seething over inwardly, With fierce indignation
In my bitterness of soul, Hear my declaration
I am of one element, Levity my matter
Like enough a withered leaf, For the winds to scatter
Hither, thither, masterless, Ship upon the sea
Wandering through the ways of air, Go the birds like me
Bound am I by never a bond, Prisoner to no key
Questing go I for my kind, Find depravity
Down the broadway do I go, Young and unregretting
Wrap me in my vices up, Virtue all forgetting
Greedier for all delight, Than heaven to enter in
Since the soul in me is dead, Better save the skin
Let them fast and water drink, All the poets' chorus
Fly the market and the crowd, Racketing uproarious
Sit in quiet spots and think, Shun the tavern's portal
Write and never having lived, Die to be immortal
Good, my Lord, the case is heard, I myself betray me
And affirm myself to be, All my fellows say me
See, they in thy presence are, Let whoever hath known
His own heart and found it clean, Cast at me the stone

Penned by my hand on the 15th of Letum, in the year 433 AD.