Meaningless, meaningless

Says the teacher

Utterly meaningless

Everything is meaningless

All things are wearisome

More than one can say

The eye never has enough of seeing

Or the ear of its hearing

Whoever loves money

Never has enough

Whoever loves income

His appetite is never satisfied

So then banish anxiety

From your heart

Cast off the troubles of your body

For youth and vigor are meaningless

So I tell you this

And insist on it in the Lord

That you must no longer live

As the Gentiles do

In futility of thought

Cast off your worldly skin

Take up the word of God

Become empty of sin