1. O nightly caller, leave people be
Do not blame them nor praise them

2. And if you are happy, stay silent
And if you are sad, cry out loud

3. We have toiled for fleeting sweetness
How could we blame you if you toil too

4. If you carried my comfort, carried it away
With your cups, no cups could outpour it

5. What makes this age laugh in its course
As if disasters never spread wide