1. If you obtain a long-awaited wish suddenly,
I think you have gained some gains.

2. But you forgot the losses you had incurred
previously, oh how much loss!

3. I saw a person's life hostage to his death,
and his health likewise hostage to illness.

4. If my living becomes pleasant, I spoil its pleasure
with my sincere belief that it will disappear like a dream.

5. And whoever lives while minding its passing
is in misery even if amidst bounty.