1. Is time anything but a night then a day following it,
And a year turning to a year and a month to a month?

2. We traveled at nightfall, then it darkened, and our steeds
Carried us nowhere, on neither land nor sea.

3. Death draws the distant near through affliction
And brings the noble limbs closer to the grave.

4. It leaves the jealous spouses to others
And distributes what remains of hoarded wealth.