1. O you who have been absent from us
Why this panic from us?

2. Do you not see the meadow in it
For a spectator what he wished

3. And the wind on both its sides
Shakes a branch, then a branch

4. And the air spreads white
From the clouds and dusk

5. So do not leave us for earnings
For earnings perish and we perish

6. If you have aimed for profit
You have only aimed for loss

7. Return to play and enjoyment
As long as your return is with us

8. For life is but a house
That collapses part by part