法苑珠林 48.39

48.39

所以非常　謂興衰法　夫生輒死
此滅為樂　如河駛流　往而不返
人命如是　逝者不還　生者日夜
命自刀削　壽之消盡　如滎穽水
常者皆盡　高者亦墮　合會有離
生者有死　眾生相刻　以喪其命
隨行所墮　自受殃禍　雖壽百歲
亦死過去　為老所厭　病倏至際
是日已過　命則隨減　如少水魚
斯有何樂　老則色衰　所病自壞
形敗腐朽　命終其然　是身何用
常漏臭處　為病所困　有老死患
非有子恃　亦非父兄　為死所迫
無親可怙　晝夜慢惰　老不止婬
有財不施　不受佛言　有此四蔽
為自侵欺

That which is impermanent / Signifies the principle of rise and fall: / What is born must die; / The cessation of this is bliss. / Like a river's rapid flow, / Passing on, never to return, / Human life is just like this: / What has passed does not come back. / Day and night for living beings, / Life is pared away by a blade; / The vanishing of lifespan / Is like water in a small pool. / All that is permanent comes to an end; / All that is high must also fall. / Those who meet must part; / Those who are born must die. / Living beings harm each other, / Thereby destroying their lives; / Following the actions into which they fall, / They themselves suffer calamity. / Though one lives for a hundred years, / One still dies and passes away; / Wearied by old age, / Sickness suddenly arrives. / This day has already passed; / Life is reduced accordingly, / Like fish in dwindling water: / What joy is there in this? / In old age, complexion fades; / Beset by disease, one naturally breaks down; / The physical form rots and putrefies; / Such is the end of life. / What is the use of this body, / Constantly leaking foul substances, / Tormented by illness, / Afflicted with old age and death? / There are no children to rely on, / Nor father or brother; / Pressed by death, / There is no kin to depend upon. / Day and night indolent and careless, / In old age not halting lust, / Having wealth yet not giving, / Not accepting the Buddha's words: / Possessing these four obscurations, / One deceives and harms oneself.