1. Death has embittered every sweet life
Oh my people, what death has revealed!

2. How strange, when someone dies
His loved ones shun and forget him

3. Wherever a man turns to evade
Death stands close beside him

4. Gray hair on a man's temple
Stands up then laments him

5. He who desires wishes excessively
Dies before attaining his wish

6. How humiliated are the downcast in people's eyes
For their lowliness and weakness

7. Eyes of people look upon
Those they hope for or fear