1. Every person has a waiting fate,
And a trace remains of those departed.

2. People repeat it generation after generation,
And groups recount it to groups.

3. In it the young man's soul sees itself
As it sees the faces of men in a mirror.

4. So it is a mirror for souls,
While these are a mirror for hearts.

5. For people are but a tale that endures.
So good is good, and evil is evil.