1. I race along the course of my life,
They outran me, and here I am chasing after them.

2. Sometimes on the back of a beast, sometimes
Above an ashen gray swimmer sailing on.

3. Gray hair poured over my youth as if
The first light of dawn lifted night's veil.

4. Two dyes borrowed from their hues
Emerged in their colors on my hair.

5. That is my mount, this my companion,
With them I traversed life's distance.