1. O you who are heedless of righteousness, wandering astray
How long will oblivion and inattention persist?

2. I see that old age has brought you to the verge of decay
Yet your traits are still jest and play

3. If the grave and its darkness weighed on you
You would not delight in mansion or court

4. Humility gives a man dignity
While arrogance is true vileness and evil report

5. Do you feel safe, though the vicissitudes of fate storm
As if they will shake it to its roots?