1. Ride the auspicious bird of good fortune,
By God's will you escaped every hardship,

2. Time has turned in your favor against all evil,
Fate reprimanded you, best of the reprimanded.

3. Time saw that none complained but itself,
So it shortened what had pained the pained.

4. Yes, people pelted it from every side,
Their rebuke a volley like that of armed men.

5. But reproof only increased its openhandedness,
It saw this as a favor to the angry.

6. And it realized in withholding from you its wisdom
In the consequences of its deliberate aim.

7. So enjoy the sweetest fruits of life,
And drink the most delicious drafts of life.

8. And live in abundant happiness
With prosperity no star can destroy.