Why are you lonely?
Perhaps because you’re friendless
Perhaps because you’re peerless
A beautiful person’s heart is lonely
An excellent person’s soul is lonely
The reason is that they’re matchless
The sun is lonely
The moon is lonely
The stars are countless

Chronic loneliness is unbearable
To be less lonely
Weak people seek dependence
Strong people seek transcendence
Start from the same point end in different resolutions
One is lost in emptiness
One is found in remoteness

One would rather be meaningless than live with loneliness
Because for him loneliness is meaningless
One would rather be lonely than be meaningless
Because life is meaningful and loneliness is merely aloneness
One would not idle away though mateless
While the other would, when for him life is tasteless