1. They say the stars of night govern their fate
And I swear they've marched neither with justice nor wrong

2. When man thinks of lifetimes, he finds
No explanation, only discovering his ignorance is the height of knowledge

3. So live among them blind though you can see
A fool, though you've adorned yourself with wisdom

4. For life is naught but what spoils you've plundered
And age but a visitor who's passed fleetingly in a dream

5. By my life, time has inclined with its war
Against me, but I have not inclined toward peace