I run through the courtyard Sweat dripping from my brow Gaining a strong momentum For the here and the now My mother and my father have gone Through love and trivial means I am left alone with no one Just the worldly possession of five soya beans A guard stops me in haste Why do you run so fast? His bitterness I can taste The heart has dropped half mast My parentage has eloped into the night To find a new place to be They detested me at first sight My release has set them free And now I'm scared of the walls I have no abode to dwell Please let me sleep under the stalls Of this engulfing Citadel