Abu al-Atahiya. (№ 188867)

From life to death - just one step.
Any of the living turns to dust.
Eternal Time - the teacher brutal,
but the benefits little bring lessons.
Eternal Time-the prophet, the sage
and the best mentor wayward hearts.
But you did not hearken, poor,
and long life for the good read.
In an effort to overcome the punishing rock,
knowledge from experience you have not learned.
And Time voice - intelligent word -
didn't hurt you, hopelessly deaf.
Oh, if you have heard the Time call!
He is full of bitterness, truthful and harsh.
And you give mindless pleasures.
Do you want to die do not wait, and she's almost there.
You the truth this world has not comprehended,
You wanted all, achieved nothing.
Live at the Palace, unreliable and frail,
prepare for the unexpected, bad change.
Noseless is coming for you,
Will he find beyond the grave a welcome rest?
Not to hide from death, death the evil one
throughout patrols and outposts.
Why have you succumbed to the hype, my brother?
After all, the reason you are by nature rich.
Did you know that podlinnaja life is fleeting,
but thinking about it rejected carefree.
And death before us with his scythe.
We are all the domain of graveworms.
Get ready for the last minute, and terrible
repent, my brother, until it is too late!
Hurry, don't let the hustle and bustle on the doorstep!
Repent - around triumphant Vice.
I'm guilty, too, I'm a sinner careless.
Tomorrow I will be brought down into the darkness of the infinite.
Slowly approaching the fatal moment
the limit and the pinnacle of my sufferings!
Save me before the abyss of the invisible,
my mind is fearless and unshakable.
I remembered the distant young days
spring garden like they.
I all wasted. Nothing left
share your miserable old age.