1. You forgot me, death erased you
You sought permanence in this life

2. You trusted in this world while
You saw its people scattered about

3. You were determined to live
A very long life

4. O you who saw your parents
Saw them then they died

5. Is there no lesson for you in them?
Or did you think you'd escape?

6. And who is it that evaded
His death and got away?

7. Each is greeted at morning
Or taken at night by death