Together, they create pain and sufferance.

Death, Disease, Calamity, Temptation—

They’re all driven by moral ignorance,

And they yearn for human condemnation.

Death persuades a sick boy to leave his pain

And fly through the clouds of eternity.

Temptation paints the adulterer’s stain

That leaves him forlorn and feeling filthy.

Disease cages a care-free little girl

And shackles her frail body to her bed.

Calamity darkens a man’s dry world

As his lungs fill with what feels like wet lead.

All your good fortune has come to an end

The moment you meet Death and all His friends.