1. Have they not seen the world's ups and downs with us,
And its havoc on those who settled in it?

2. How the blows of fate have torn down mountains,
And turned a vast sea into a wasteland.

3. How it has impoverished the wealthy,
And left a large tribe as just one man.

4. I have learned what they do not know, and my eyes
Have seen the source and course of my fate.

5. So I saw naught but a fleeting shadow,
With each extending toward it a hand of ignorance.