1. If a young man lives sixty years,
Half his life is swept away by nights,

2. And half the half goes unknowingly,
Right to left, from inattention.

3. And a third of the half is wants and greed,
And busyness with livelihood and family.

4. The rest of life is sickness and old age,
And sorrow for departure and moving on.

5. So a person's love of long life is ignorance,
And apportioning it according to this example.