Good People

The good people leave early,
and the bad ones stay at the banquet.
Life is a lottery with prizes,
but who is the winning ticket?

Good people are forever lonely,
and the wicked live in herds.
One gets used to being reluctant
to say "no" when one thinks "yes."

Good people suffer from neurosis,
and bad people have nerves of steel.
Hamlet solved the question long ago—
be a villain, so you do not feel the ache!
The good people fall first in battle,
and the bad ones in the back cry, "Hurray!"

Good people sing sad songs,
and bad people sing solemn songs.
Life is wonderful, but not easy,
when you have no sure guarantor...

Good people believe in the Good,
and the bad ones rely on luck.
But today, to triumph over evil,
it takes more than a lazy poet's verse!

They say that the good will perish,
killed by his own goodness.
But I live with sincere hope—
Good outlives death!