法苑珠林 46.35

46.35

晝夜慢墮　老不止婬　有財不施
不受佛言　有此四弊　為自侵欺
咄嗟老至　色變作耄　少時如意
老見蹈賤　不修梵行　又不富貴
老如白鶴　守伺空池　既不守戒
又不積財　老羸氣竭　思故何逮
老如秋葉　行穢襤縷　命疾脫至
不用後悔

Day and night indolent and remiss, / in old age not ceasing lust, / having wealth but not giving,
not receiving the words of the Buddha: / having these four defects, / one defrauds and deceives oneself.
Alas, when old age arrives, / physical appearance alters and grows senile! / While young, everything went as wished;
in old age, one is trampled upon and despised. / One did not cultivate pure conduct (brahmacarya), / nor did one acquire wealth or nobility;
in old age one is like a white crane / watching and waiting by an empty pool. / Having neither guarded the precepts
nor accumulated wealth, / in old age one is feeble and one's breath is exhausted; / how can longing for the past catch up?
Old age is like autumn leaves; / conduct is defiled, clothes tattered and torn. / When life swiftly comes to its end,
it will be useless to regret it.