Translation

Nobody knows
What fate has in store.
Nobody knows
Whether joy and sorrow
Are going to be a permanent reality.
Alone I came into this world.
Nothing can I claim.
I shall be my very own.
I shall no longer
Act like a lifeless reality.
Yet I think the whole world
Is for me,
There at my command.
When the body plays its role
And ceases functioning,
Everything that we do or become
Is non-reality.