The world according to its custom worries1
About prices
About days
Already there is no place for worry
On the other hand …
The world from its custom deviates
Beginning is wisdom; ending is cunningness2
Already there is no place for worry
It's all a matter of viewpoint
And the truth
How could we not turn through it3
It is the same one truth
What else: the straight path
Is also The Righteous Path
How could we not turn through it?
A man in his wisdom thinks
That he is able
That he is everything
Already there is no place for anyone
On the other hand …
A man in his faith grasps
In the nights and in the days
For a moment of mercy
Even one moment
It's all a matter of patience
And the truth
How could we not turn through it?
It is the same one truth
What else: the straight path
Is also The Righteous Path
How could we not turn through it?
1. A play on the Hebrew phrase: "עולם כמנהגו נוהג" = "The world follows its course". For an example, see (www.sefaria.org/Avodah_Zarah.54b.14)2. See Psalms 111:10 (www.sefaria.org/Psalms.111.10)3. The Torah and study it continuously and obsessively. See Ethics of the Fathers 5:22 (www.sefaria.org/Pirkei_Avot.5.22)