1. With fate's decree we lived, then fell -
All creatures fade, all life will fail.

2. On this wide plain we shine awhile
Then drop to dust - such is our trail.

3. The angels come and go in haste
New tenants here, evicted guests.

4. Though ropes may bind the gazelle in place
Time frays the knots that man invests.

5. My heart concealed in wood will bide
Though only rot appears outside.

6. The foal breaks from the herd, to ride
Alone, before the herd divides.

7. Waning moons portend the ruin, spread
Across horizons tinted red.

8. How many realms has time unmade?
Though dead, their works will yet be read.

9. A lodging wasted, gone to dust -
Just like its hosts, now turned to rust.

10. Desire undressed the willing bust.
All modesty was soon unjust.