1. I learned that the wreckage had gone away
And what was left was nothing but honor

2. And that you had sold wishes and bought
Shells, so the market deceived you in that

3. And you were excessive seeking wide riches
I welcome whoever attained them with moderation

4. It is nothing but the clenching of hands
Hoping to preserve and fearing harm

5. Your love is the love of life
Keeping you is keeping antiques

6. So I said perhaps the poet has ended
And for him a lesson from what is past

7. Does an occupation occur to him
That he transitioned from long ago to another craft

8. He has abandoned the rhymes of poems
And abandoned the prose of charm

9. And whoever's wealth is his mind
Sells gems in the sale of pottery