Oh Traveler
Oh Traveler, where are you going? You'll leave, get tired and eventually come back
Haven't you realised how many unwise people regretted this decision before you and I did?
How many overpopulated countries and deserted areas have you seen?
How much time have you wasted and how much more are you planning on wasting?
Oh stranger, you never cease to run in foreign lands
Destiny and time will follow their course, yet you turn a blind eye
Oh Traveler, where are you going? You'll leave, get tired and eventually come back
Haven't you realised how many unwise people regretted this decision before you and I did?
Why is your heart so sorrowful? Why are you miserably standing there?
Hardships never last and you may learn or build something
Days won't last, just like your youth and mine won't
Oh unfortunate fellow, you missed your chance just like I missed mine before
Oh Traveler, where are you going? You'll leave, get tired and eventually come back
Haven't you realised how many unwise people regretted this decision before you and I did?
Oh wanderer, I'll give you an advice so listen carefully
Observe and look out for what suits you before you buy or sell
Oh foolish one, I was told of what happened to you
And it has already happened to me
Thus, the heart returns to its Creator, the Lord
Oh Traveler, where are you going? You'll leave, get tired and eventually come back
Haven't you realised how many unwise people regretted this decision before you and I did?
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Campbell told him: “Asimov, when you have trouble with the beginning of a story, that is because you are starting in the wrong place, and almost certainly too soon. Pick out a later point in the story, and begin again.”
This most certainly was not Techno Age storywriting advice. That would have been to begin at the beginning, and then to go on until the end, telling everything that happened along the way. This was fundamental modern science fiction writing advice—to start a story as late as possible and tell no more than was necessary.
