When In High Office

If I can’t do a little thing that’s good, Why should I work in offices high, then? If I can’t see that all get enough food, ’Tis better to accept defeat: resign! If I can’t ensure welfare of the mass, Why should I decorate the high office? If I allow my precious time to pass, Ignoring workers’ conditions, ’tis vice! The bureaucrat must get all works well done, With heart of strictness mixed with compassion; One need not keep everyone on the run, Because it is the latest one fashion! Let humaneness prevail in higher-ups; Refrain from sharing bitterness in cups!