1. Rebuke not a child for his play
Though the teardrops down his cheeks may stray

2. Leave the elders to their affairs
For age has made the elders past cares

3. How long, for how long will this persist
This continuance of play not desist

4. Awaken not, nor wakeful stay
Nor cease from seeking night and day

5. And sustenance, if it comes not to thee
Will come to thee unasked, and free

6. If you sleep, it sleeps not until
A cause sets it in motion and fulfill