The heart is like water, Passions agitate its surface, Rippling water in water. Creature-like, an utterance Commingles both the good and bad. Like time, human beings body forth As much of darkness as of light. Just as day illuminates before the night, so an extinguished star begets Another brilliance. Similar to our vanished forebears, So we, similarly, must disappear Time alone ensures its own endurance, As plainly as you can plainly see. Strangers in their native land are Ardent practitioners of good, Whose intimates sever ties and turn Frequentation to a widering gulf. Remember, should you have sealed Friendship in the throes of poverty, Should prosperity arrive, remember. ...