1. Man in his heedlessness and slumber
While time races on in leaps and bounds

2. Life and age conceal themselves
While man asserts himself

3. The war between them is endless
And so is man's remorse

4. Do not wonder at his ignorance and conceit
But wonder if he changes his ways

5. He strives though he knows not his end
Like the moth circling the flame that kills it

6. His own soul makes the world pleasing to him
So he follows it though it leads him astray

7. To be free of its chains brings him bliss
For man's joy lies in this freedom

8. He faces misfortunes uncaring
Till they grow strong and assault his power

9. The hero fights no more fierce a foe
Than his own desires that disobey him