1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,before the evil days comeAnd the years approach of which you will say,“I have no pleasure in them”;
2 Before the sun is darkenedand the light and the moon and the starsand the clouds return after the rain;
3 When the guardians of the house tremble,and the strong men are bent;When the women who grind are idle because they are few,and those who look through the windows grow blind;
4 When the doors to the street are shut,and the sound of the mill is low;When one rises at the call of a bird,and all the daughters of song are quiet;
5 When one is afraid of heights,and perils in the street;When the almond tree blooms,and the locust grows sluggishand the caper berry is without effect,Because mortals go to their lasting home,and mourners go about the streets;
6 Before the silver cord is snappedand the golden bowl is broken,And the pitcher is shattered at the spring,and the pulley is broken at the well,