For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.

Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?

Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

Wisdom comes through suffering.