Do not build your tomb out of ruins,(Using) what had been made for what is to be made.Behold, the king is lord of joy,You may rest, sleep in your strength,Follow your heart, through what I have done, There is no foe within your borders.

It is however good when people get drunk. When they drink miyet with happy hearts.It is however good when mouths shout for joy.

Happy is the heart of the king when gifts come to him.And when every foreign land [comes],that is our success, that is our fortune.What shall we do about it ? All is ruin!

Lo, gold, lapis lazuli, silver, and turquoise, Carnelian, amethyst, ibht- stone andAre strung on the necks of female slaves. Noblewomen roam the land.Ladies say, “We want to eat!”Lo, noblewomen,Their bodies suffer in rags,Their hearts shrink from greeting [each other].Lo, chests of ebony are smashed.

Beware of subjects who are nobodies,Of whose plotting one is not aware.Trust not a brother, know not a friend.Make no intimates, it is worthless.When you lie down, guard your heart yourself.

It pleases the heart to ignore it.You have done what pleases their hearts.You have sustained people among them.Yet they cover their faces in fear of tomorrow.There was an old man who was about to die, while his son was a child without knowledge.

Do your things on earth as your heart commands!When there comes to you that day of mourning,The Weary-hearted hears not their mourning, Wailing saves no man from the pit!

Speech falls on the heart like fire,One cannot endure the word of mouth.

Forgetfulness profits you,Follow your heart as long as you live!