1. He sought lowly goals and ascended the pulpit
To describe the reckoning to a nation, to horrify it

2. Yet he does not believe in any resurrection
By night, he portrays in souls their stupor

3. And I found the night of confusion dressed its cloak
On its elders, youth, and adults

4. If the dead of the metropolises alone arose
They would fill the lands, grieving and desolate

5. So take what the wise one said and live by it
And leave the foolish their lies and ignorance