The wanderer is in black cloak with wide-brimmed hat concealing face. He holds pilgrim's staff. 3 Women in black cloaks and hooded faces with bare feet crouch in circle round cauldron. 7 Star maidens in star crowns and white robes. I despair at human folly.
Children alone are joyful.
The beautiful earth is ravaged through man's greed and envy. Clearly I foresee that such evil seeds can only produce catastrophe. Doom is upon the earth and all its creatures. Bad it is for you in your old age to be reduced to begging in the cold winter. You should be in yourown home with a good husband and children.