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Thag 6.13
PTS: Thag 447-452
Sirimanda
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
© 2002
Alternate translation: Olendzki (excerpt)

    Rain soddens what's covered
    & doesn't sodden what's exposed.
    So open up what's covered up,
    so that it won't get soddened by the rain.

    Attacked by death
    	is the world,
    surrounded by aging,
    beset by the arrow of craving,
    always obscured by desire.

    Attacked by death
    	is the world,
    & encircled by aging,
    constantly beaten, with no shelter,
    	like a thief
    sentenced to punishment.

    They encroach like masses of flame,
    	these three:
    	death, aging, & illness.
    There's no strength to confront them,
    no speed to run away.

    Make the day not-in-vain,
    	a little or a lot.
    However much
    the day passes,
    that's how much less
    	is life.
    Your last day approaches.
    	This isn't your time
    	to be heedless.