1. When a dwelling stands deserted for a lifetime, then after it

    comes a dwelling in the grave that, when inhabited, lies desolate.

  2. O you who recoil from it with eye and brow,

    you will grow familiar with it through the very thing from which you recoil.

  3. Reflect; speak to the soul, and understand its answer:

    Does the dust hold mere dust of you—or a jewel within it?

  4. And say: “It is a weighty utterance; and surely He

    punishes if she gives her answer, and pardons and forgives.”

Sol 5.6