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Get out as quickly as possible,
    as a gazelle runs from the hand of the hunter,
    as a bird takes off from the grip of the fowler.

Take a lesson from the ant, you who love leisure and ease.
    Observe how it works, and dare to be just as wise.
It has no boss,
    no one laying down the law or telling it what to do,

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Free yourself, like a gazelle(A) from the hand of the hunter,(B)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(C)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;(D)
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,

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