Poverty is a curse, Yet can be a man's friend, If you love to sleep, be ready for its rain, For no sleeper earns the wealth. Poverty is not lack of money, If all you have is money, you are a pauper, Lack of diligence is lack of wealth, If you have the money and love your bed, you are poor. If you hate poverty, you must love the work, If you crave the wealth, you must hate your bed, Wealth is a blessing, But it comes through deligence not by mercy. The world is full of wealth, But you must offer your work to earn the wealth, If you offer no work, you will earn no wealth, You offer your work, you earn the wealth. You say I will tomorrow, Tomorrow after tomorrow, Yet time is not déjà vu, How long will you sleep, o' sleeper? If you can do no thing with your time, If you can give no thing to life, If you love the pleasure of sleep, Chai! Poverty is looming. If you get and get and get and give nothing, If you spend and spend and earn nothing, There is a place for poverty ...