1. Beauty in the face is quick to fade
So let the fair one with charms know

2. That beauty reigns on the throne
Of youth only to slip away

3. She will end up in despair and regret
The many unions that came our way

4. Today a beautiful face, tomorrow
That face will wear the ugliest state

5. The lights of that face will vanish
And the embers of that beauty extinguish

6. The sword rusts and the spear bends
No warrior remains for battle

7. O lady of beauty, your charm
Lasts only as long as a mirage

8. A fading face beauty is like a gust
While good nature stays firm as mountains

9. So refine your nature and shun vice
To charm me with imperishable beauty

10. This is true beauty, simple and pure
For the simple essence does not decay

11. No benefit comes from the branch
If the root itself is of no use

12. How can it last or be fulfilled?
The difference between branch and root is like

13. The difference between faith and capital
So beware of bankruptcy, you who lack