So many roads, so many vehicles, so many bridges
Never before were there in this world
Never before was man
So utterly alone

So many doctors, so many diseases
So many weapons, so many fears

So many cosmetics, so little beauty
So many houses, so few homes
So many words, so little poetry
So many stones, so few sculptures
So many people, so few humans
So many occupations, so little work

Progress, if this be your claim to fame,
I bow before you in dread and shame!