1. Oh would that what the people pray for were bestowed on me
As wreckage, so I could give to the destitute and exhale

2. He is most generous, the man who gives away his wealth
But more so is he who gives from his heart’s core

3. Have you not seen me when fate left me bereft
Teaching the fever-wasted how to be jubilant

4. When a soul is healed with wealth, then through giving
What it has, it becomes more wholesome

5. For wealth after your death is but a fleeting lodger
While charity is a legacy that lives on ever after