Ephemeral Beauty ("Then" Cao Bằng, Bắc Kạn)

A woman's beauty only lasts for so many days

Because aging spares no one

Once the hair becomes entangled and the brows droopy

One will regret and wonder how fast time flies

The circle of life and death is perfectly round

No one could escape from it unless they cultivated themselves

Is one life of self-cultivation enough for enlightenment?

Or even with a thousand lifetimes one still achieves nothings

All because of the wasted time...

Worrying about daily hassles and growing old ...ah... oh... ah... oh...

Being so burdened, one does not realize that life

Is only but a breeze floating across lovely pink lips

They only focus on making a living

And being concerned on trivialities

My child, oh my child ...oh oh

Hurry and cultivate - time is running out... ah oh... ah oh

Never fail to recite your daily mantra

And help yourself and others by giving the Initiation (into Old_Guru Secret Teaching)

Oh my child, do make daily savings without complaining

And sincerely make offerings to Grandmaster

Seriously change yourself for the better

To become a civilized and respectable person

Primitive creatures had no intellect

In this times one has to keep up to date

Improve your knowledge daily

To become a useful person and a role model

Listen people...Natural disasters are striking everywhere

Everywhere people are crying, families are mourning

Only those who accept to change themselves

And earnestly cultivate themselves could escape such miseries

Join your palms and respectfully pray to the High Beings

To keep you safe until the superior era

How marvelous Old_Guru Secret Teaching's heritage is

The dawn of Old_Guru Secret Teaching will shine brilliantly everywhere.