1. The finest thing was when the flour was placed
By a man made bankrupt till he became worn out

2. When he comes hustling hastily speeding
After the dire high cost of living had affected him

3. And reached seventy or became haughty
About that, he does not pity whoever implores

4. And the family man stretched out his finger in it
Complaining to God and shedding tears

5. And people became in the morning starved
And the hungry feared they would not be satiated

6. O you whose appearance and hearing are perfect
Beauty of face and most eloquent praise

7. Time has frightened me, so be a refuge for me
How often you were clement, and how often you forbade

8. And how often you were kind, and how often you were harsh
Yet your grace in it remained a pasture

9. For the impoverished and displaced, a refuge
And my great hopes that you would hear

10. I am at your service, at your service, alive and well
Your misery was changed into comfortable living

11. Witnessing that I am a preserver, not one who wasted