² “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”^(A)

³ What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?^(B)
4 Generations come and generations go,
    but the earth remains forever.^(C)
5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
    and hurries back to where it rises.^(D)