Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.

Whistle, and she'll come to you.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.