1. In you is the lofty discourse appealed
When you turned away, O joy.

2. A stumble before its pasture
Is the eagle's stumble when it flew.

3. For in it is a portent called
As perishing to consolation.

4. The voice of a nation roared
Nobleness was saddened to roar.

5. Oh what a fading star it was!
Oh what a burdened soul it bore!

6. None can mourn the like of him
Rarely did his time allow.

7. He was composed with wisdom
Wrestled the soul if it raged.

8. He attains the most sincere desire
And in his resolve is ease.

9. His duplication is no defect
However much the soul in him verified.

10. Whoever lives the life of seriousness
Its guide after him shone.

11. Go on in seriousness and seize
The opportunities of renewal that unfold.

12. What meaning is there to a life
Of indulgence and self-seeking!

13. Life is built with the sublime
That is the most proper way.

14. Alas, he who makes clear
Other than his traits of praise.

15. Anton was a scribe
With guidance, his chest expanded.

16. Adorned with manners and character
With the most noble of gifts.

17. And his exclusive mind
Opened to what it desired.

18. And he had of the wonders of thought
What rarely presented itself.

19. The eye finds between them
An eye each time it wandered.

20. He loved the truthful, and whoever
Loves the truth is exposed.

21. Between a generation enemy to whoever
Spoke truthfully and advised.

22. The beloved and the generous among them
Only for whoever succeeded.

23. Nature corrupted between them
And every terminology elevated.

24. So anguish settled, O you
Who traversed the earth when it shook.

25. And your eternal abode changed
From the misery of your days to joy.