1. Divrei Kohelet, Ben Dovid, Melech in Yerushalayim.
2. Hevel havalim, saith Kohelet, hevel havalim; all is hevel.
3. What profit hath a man from all his amal (toil) which he hath toiled under the shemesh?
4. Dor v'dor, generations come and go, passing away; but ha'aretz remaineth l'olam.