1. God created a land where one earns a living
Reluctantly, like a sick man sipping bitter medicine.

2. Its tyranny makes hearts gray,
And its worries make the eyes of men old.

3. Do not grieve over what is lost and gone,
With no hope of return; nor sigh like one regretful.

4. Endure trials with the patience of one resigned,
Certain that no condition is everlasting.

5. For worldly life is a shadow, transient;
And living in it is like a dreamer's dream.

6. Fate gives and then denies a sip of what
It granted, and is miserly with lasting joy.

7. Those who cannot patiently bear misfortune
Must bear it perforce, like one compelled.