1. Do not be surprised by the days and fortunes
And by events that happened slowly or hastily.

2. Who feels secure from death now that he has ailments
That sometimes come with joy and sometimes misery?

3. Nothing lasts, no matter how long it remains
Except it will perish by afflictions and disease

4. As for the two new ones in the way they differ
You have found in them a saying, so just repeat

5. And the warner of death has come to you advancing it
In your temples, white hair not to be displaced

6. Oh nights and days! They truly
Snatch people like the bolt’s snatch in an instant

7. What can a man with no grounding say
On the day of stumbling and falling and slipping?

8. How many a distracted frivolous man is busy
With the trinkets that distract him from his soul

9. Restrain your gaze in the world; it surely has for you
Whatever lessons and examples you want from it