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MISFORTUNE

Misfortune is again descending.

In what fashion will it appear this time?

You have seen calamities and deaths

and have been shaken by shattered families,

their members scattered everywhere.

So many times you almost collapsed,

moaning, “No more — I’m done for!”

But you picked yourself up

and set out again, although

you had to make abrupt turns,

had to cross new hills and valleys

learning another kind of staggering.

Now, misfortune is coming,

but you don’t tremble anymore,

already familiar with its company:

beneath a ghastly mask are the faces

of various deities, including Opportunity.