Udanavarga 3.9

3.9

「晝夜慢惰，老不止婬，有財不施，
不受佛言。有此四蔽，為自侵欺，
咄嗟老至，色變作耄。少時如意，
老見蹈踐，不修梵行，又不富財，
老如白鵠，守斯空池，既不守戒，
又不積財，老羸氣竭，思故何逮？
老如秋葉，行穢鑑錄，命疾脫至，
不容後悔。」

“To be constantly (morning and night) disdainful and supercilious, when old still to be lustful, having wealth to be niggardly, to reject the words of Buddha—these four propensities, what miseries do they bring; and, alas! when old age comes (how do they add to), the withered form and the worn-out appearance! The man who, when young, pleases himself, when old shall be trodden down. Not walking continently (in mature years), riches shall slip from him (when old)—even as the white stork that sits alone by the dried-up pool, so he who has disregarded the Rules of a Moral Life shall come to poverty. Old and feeble, with exhausted powers—what good can follow anxious thought. When old, like autumn leaves, decayed and without covering, life ebbed out and dissolution at hand, little good repentance then!”