Karma and Fruit

A round of karma and fruit;
The fruit from karma does arise,
From karma then birth does spring;
And thus the world rolls on and on.

No doer is there who does the deed,
Nor is there one who feels the fruit;
Constituent parts alone roll on;
This view alone is orthodox.

And thus the deed, and thus the fruit
Roll on and on, each from its cause;
As of the round of tree and seed,
No one can tell when they began.

Nor is the time to be perceived
In future births when they shall cease.
Some perceive not this,
And fail mastering themselves.

---Visuddhimagga---