Today I have not yet written a verse,
So maybe I will write one now.
Yesterday I was tired, so I slept soundly,
In a moment I will wake and stir my thoughts.

I will find the main one and seize it,
Hold it by the hand until night,
I will not tire of its advice,
I will take knowledge and vigor from it.

So as not to run headlong at random,
To gain from its prompts —
There, I have found the thought:
Vigor.