1. There is no good in the future or present
So listen, my brother, to both and first

2. The sweetness of the first is gone, so look and see
Did you get the sweetness of the hoped for future

3. As for what was present in its sweetness, your eyes
Have had their fill of it, so listen and act

4. This talk of yours was not so, it did not exist
Are you forgetting stones or acacia pods?

5. Give the lead, do not refuse to bear the load
We must have an abode in this world

6. If you spurn love of the first
Or present, you still need the future