1. Do not despair if what you seek escapes you
And strengthen your resolve with patience

2. For effort, if aided, attains for the youth
His desire from where he knows not

3. And if effort fails, then all that
You hope for in terms of gain is loss

4. And man in his success swims along
Flowing with the water as it flows

5. But when he turns away, facing
His back to it, his course is cut