1. Alas! Every being that is born is destined to die
And I see no everlasting life for anything

2. Free yourself from this world, for you
Fell into this world naked and bare

3. And the best thing you can get from it
Is a little possession that fades and runs out

4. And how many honored ones did time make lose their honor
And they became pitied though they were envied

5. So do not praise this life, but dispraise it
Why praise something God dispraised