Convert arbitrary English text to almost chantable text

chant.py

# coding=utf-8
import pyphen

dic = pyphen.Pyphen(lang='en')
# nature of reality (prajña)
text = "The removal of suffering then, requires a deep understanding of praj-na. While philosophical analysis of arguments and concepts is clearly necessary to develop this understanding, it is not enough to remove our unskillful mental habits and deeply ingrained prejudices, which require meditation, paired with understanding. According to the Buddha, we need to train the mind in meditation to be able to truly see the nature of reality, which is said to have the marks of suffering, impermanence and not-self. Understanding and meditation are said to work together to 'clearly see' the nature of human experience and this is said to lead to liberation."

line_length = 6
words = text.split(" ")
so_far = 0
for word in words:
    preexisting = len([x for x in word if x == "-"])
    hyphenated = dic.inserted(word)
    current = len([x for x in hyphenated if x == "-"])+1 -preexisting
    so_far += current
    if so_far >= line_length:
        overage = ("", "    *" + str(so_far - line_length))[int(so_far - line_length != 0)]
        print(hyphenated + overage)
        so_far = 0
    else:
        print(hyphenated, end=" ")
print()
print()
print("* syllables over {0}".format(line_length))

# 
# The re-moval of suf-fer-ing    *1
# then, re-quires a deep un-der-stand-ing    *3
# of pra-j--na. While philo-soph-i-cal    *3
# anal-y-sis of ar-gu-ments    *1
# and con-cepts is clear-ly
# nec-es-sary to de-vel-op    *1
# this un-der-stand-ing, it
# is not enough to re-move
# our un-skill-ful men-tal
# habits and deeply in-grained prej-u-dices,    *2
# which re-quire med-i-ta-tion,    *1
# paired with un-der-stand-ing.
# Ac-cord-ing to the Bud-dha,    *1
# we need to train the mind
# in med-i-ta-tion to
# be able to tru-ly see
# the na-ture of re-al-i-ty,    *2
# which is said to have the
# marks of suf-fer-ing, im-per-ma-nence    *3
# and not--self. Un-der-stand-ing    *1
# and med-i-ta-tion are
# said to work to-geth-er
# to 'clear-ly see' the na-ture    *1
# of hu-man ex-pe-ri-ence    *1
# and this is said to lead
# to lib-er-a-tion. 
# 
# * syllables over 6