1. For death has carried off the people of piety,

    So none remained but the ruthless, obstinate man.

  2. And it carried off every loving friend.

    So where—yet nowhere—is a loving friend?

  3. And how many a trusted brother I have buried!

    God, what the graves have hidden away!

  4. And the loss of my peers has bereft me of companionship,

    So I have become like a stranger, alone.

  5. And how many a wretched man is buried in the earth,

    And how many a fortunate man is buried in the soil.

Sol 6.1