As seconds roll into minutes
Minutes mature into hours
The morning cock craws
And the sky lark whistles afar
Again a new dawn is at hand
Thus the journey keeps on the roll.
Like the streams of the south
And like the winds of the west
Time travels and never returns
So make thy hay while it shines
For time lost can never be regained.
Like the fall of a giant iroko
With it, shrubs and herbs fall
Opportunity and age aren't left out
As time flies to the unknown
Like candle flames that off with no traces
The traces of time could be regret or fulfillment.
Thy money, thy wealth are the racks of time
The feeling either hostile or sublime
Thy dream match with deeds while time tarries
And build not thy castles in the air
Or it be blown off in the passage of time.
In the annals of time
Are no permanent victors nor vanquishers
For emperors and kings,
Dukes and chiefs rise and fall in the walk of time
So use thy time while it tarries
Or be left in the abyss of regret as time passes on.