aniccŒ vata sașkhŒrŒ
uppŒdavayadhammino
uppajjitvΠnirujjhanti
tesa” vèpasamo sukho

acira” vata ya” kŒyo
pa havi” adhisessati chu¶¶ho
apetavi––Œöo nirattha”va kali–gara”

Alas! impermanent are all things.
That which arises is bound to cease.
The calming of this is the highest bliss.

For a brief time only lives this body
and then it is laid upon the ground,
consciousness fled; as useless as a rotten log!