Like birth and death

Birth brings happiness.

Parents bring happiness.

Brothers and sisters too.

So do wife and children.

Their exit one by one

Brings you much suffering.

Your death looms with suffering.

Your enemy brings suffering.

Your rivals cause suffering.

Usurpers and thieves too.

So do the wicked and cheats.

Their exit brings happiness.

Accept happiness and suffering

As you accept your birth and death.

02.05.2001