1. Time flies, life fades away
Movements cease, activities stray

2. I yearn for life, yet it cannot stay
For life is impermanent, it will not delay

3. A generation comes, turns to clay
Bones in soil, no longer display

4. Gone from sight, decayed away
Fathers and mothers preceded their way

5.
The young mourn what in graves now lay

6. The old mourn youth that passed away
To eternal stillness comes life's ballet

7. And many a dead eye tears display
Friends pass, memories hold their sway

8. Though death I greatly fear and betray
To it, we are but lambs to slay

9. Not harsh is death, though many say
When death arrives, sorrows abate

10. In graves, both friend and foe equate