Of all causes for sadness

There is none so great

As the death of consciousness --

The death of man's body

Is only next to that. . .

The sun comes forth in the east

And sets in the extreme west --

All things have their positions

Determined by these two points

On the celestial trajectory.

This is the reason why

All that have eyes and ears

Wait for the sun,

And then proceed to do

What they have to do.

When the sun comes forth,

They appear in their places;

When it sets, they disappear

In the moon's reflection; --

It is so with all beings.

They all have that for which

They wait and on its arrival

They die; they all have that

For which they wait and then

Again they live.

When once I receive

My bodily frame

Thus godlike completed,

I remain unchanged, awaiting

The consummation of my passage.