My soul clanks when the hammer of Truth hits And beflats my whole existence, that rusty one sits On the anvil, there I lie half conscious, half sleep stricken, My Smith hurls and my soul clanks! Had I been plastic rust wouldn't dare to touch it! I would be perfect to be moulded into a dummy, A gentle lifeless creature, dancing on the notes of their fingers, Loved and longed, and the sleep's harbinger; In a sick fluke as metal I was sent, Strong against storms yet vulnerable to the wind.
O my Smith! Would you make a tool out of me? Or am I long gone? An useless fish out of the pond? Are my pores too many? O my Smith! Hit me Until I be the sword of a king's pawn.