1. What will it cost you, O soul, the winds and the night darkness?
Be steadfast, climbing the hill, little by little.

2. How many a youth has ambition curtailed?
I found him pierced by the arrows of fate which paralyzed him.

3. When the paths to desires seem closed,
Patience can open anything that appeared tightened.

4. Do not despair, even if the quest seems long,
If you seek aid through patience, you will see relief.

5. It is the nature of the patient to attain his needs,
And he who knocks persistently at doors will enter.

6. So seek for your feet, before stepping, a proper place;
He who climbs recklessly falls from the smooth and slippery.

7. Do not let the sweetness of what you drink deceive you;
It may be blended with some bitterness.

8. People achieve only through their efforts;
The efforts of a youth show some day when he succeeds.