When fate grows fierce, when fortune breaks its chain,
When heaven withdraws and earth begins to sway,
When anguish grips you with unyielding strain,
Expect no help, no hand, no guiding ray.
You fall alone, my friend
And rise alone again.
No uproar, no outcry, not even a dirge.
The absent multiply when trials descend,
And the world becomes a lifeless, barren scourge.
Man...
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