1. No fault lies in our words,
If only our actions were as true as our tongues.

2. How excellent in form are the images on earth,
Yet no work equals their beauty.

3. The eyes of men, as I see,
Are not roused by prolonged old age.

4. Before me is a valiant lion,
A fierce steed who will trample me underfoot.

5. Whether you are superstitious or pessimistic,
You have no power to hold back fate.

6. A good word outwardly, yet inwardly
It brought you evil from the lily plant.

7. Wide hopes are the horns of a deer,
Which do not stop it from being devoured.

8. If it were said you had but an hour left,
You would hope for what a lifetime cannot achieve.