My heart is ablaze and my mouth a lair to the snakes of deceit
My eyes are glazed pools and between my hands my last breath excretes
Brother, hear my pleading, you find me here in need
Wanting but the sun and moon, to satisfy my greed
You find me in need here
Forsooth, my blood is seething, and the urge will not recede
I crave the flesh of living things, with a lust I strive to feed
Superbia, avaritia, luxuria,
Curses of commission
Invidia, gula, ira, acedia
Execrations by omission
You find me in need here
You find me in dire need now
My heart is ablaze and my tongue as errand as a snake
My mind drifts into a daze and between my hands my last breath must slake
Brother, hear my wails, and heed my listless tale
This shadow kneels disheartened, by melancholy torpor assailed
You find me in need now
In adverse gales, gath’ring tempers start to flail
Calling heaven’s vengeance, on those in life regaled
Superbia, avaritia, luxuria,
Curses of commission
Invidia, gula, ira, acedia
Execrations by omission
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