If they pay no heed to your call walk on your own.
Walk alone, walk alone, walk alone, walk all alone.
If none speaks, o wretched one,
If all turn their face away and cower in silence—

Then open out your heart
dear one, speak out your mind, voice
alone.
If everyone spurns, o wretched one
If all leave you in the lurch in wilderness

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