⍟144. THE MIRROR OF MAN

To be a man is to be just,

Frank, loyal and a friend,

Thus the Mestre showed

And became so beloved

It is not easy to be a man

If you think it is,

Remember our model

My good Jesus of Nazareth

Many think that a man

Is to be fierce and proud

As if it were a virtue

To make us more exuberant

Some did not keep

Sincerity with others

They pretend to be more but they are not

And speak ill of their brother

If you say it but do not do it

Much worse off you will be

You broke with the word of a man

For a man cannot break it

If you meddle with vice

You will repent, fool,

For a man who becomes addicted

Is not a good example

A man who is a man humbles himself

To abide in the truth,

And to be able to understand well

Wherever the Daime shows

To be a man is to be just,

Frank, loyal and a friend,

Thus the Mestre showed

And became so beloved