The King gave the great call;

it's best for you not to stall.

Please come to my grand banquet;

it's something you could never regret.

Everything is now ready;

make haste in a jiffy.

Your lifetime rushes you by;

just pronounce the aye-aye.

Excuses, excuses, here they come;

but the vanity can't you overcome?

Wait awhile, wait awhile, my affairs are very volatile;

can't you see I must maintain my earthly profile!

The stocks need attention, I cannot come;

now I've married a wife, I'll come undone.

Just bought new property, please excuse me;

If I don't acquire possessions I'll be a peewee.

At the end of the ages, the King will be angry;

He invited many, but they proved themselves unworthy.

The poor and the hungry entered, they were fit;

those who were invited were deprived a heavenly banquet.