Verse I: Under the Fire Element

Let it be a greatly presented exuberance

Of dominating everywhere heat of Fire!

The storing greatly Fire tends upwards,

Providing things with feed and warmth.

Only snow and ice (Water) of wintertime,

Which lies beneath all and everything,

Can irrigate now and strengthen things,

Exercising integrity to the delight of men.

The great exuberance of dominating heat

Is ensured by coordinated activities

Within the higher level of officials who

Come up to replace the corrupt ministers

In the face of the former ruling house

And their reliable henchmen in many.

The evergreen tree in the centre

Of the upper capital is not the green

Of forest in the Centre of the world.

This means that all due norms

Of the autumn crop (result), alas,

Is overturned now upside down.

Here the evergreen tree is not

That is in the mid of the forest;—

Losing his central position

On the score of his non-fitment,

Along with it, he loses all

His merits and attainments.