1. Hasten thy youth before thou growest old,
And thy health before thou fallest sick;

2. And the days of thy life ere comes thy death;
He hath not lived long who hath safely lived.

3. And the leisure of thy time, occupy it,
During the nights of thy travail therein

4. For every man is pledged for what he earneth,
According to what he hath sent before him.