1. The people were given a choice between fire and sea
To be burned by it or drowned within

2. And death waited patiently to decide
Until an aged people lost in the wasteland

3. Do not hasten anything, O people
The sea has a lifetime that matches it

4. For above the fire is water that will extinguish it
And beneath the sea is fire that will destroy it

5. And perhaps they rushed to meet and injustice
When one struggles against the other nothing stops it

6. Maybe when they meet the embers will die out
And the sea will become smoke covering it

7. Jacob did not stir up the fire nor wreak havoc
In the sea, only so he could save himself from it