"O King my lord, years come on, old age befalleth, decrepitude arriveth,
weakness is renewed, he lieth helpless day by day; the two eyes are
contracted, the ears are dull, strength diminisheth from weariness of
heart; the mouth is silent and speaketh not, the heart is closed and
remembereth not yesterday; ... good becometh evil, all taste departeth;
old age is evil for man in every way: the nose is stopped and breatheth
not, standing and sitting are [alike] weary [?].
"It hath been commanded the servant[269] to make a successor.[270] Let
me tell unto him the sayings of those who obeyed,[271] the conduct of
them of old, of them who obeyed the gods; would that the like may be
done to thee,[272] that ill may be banished from among the Rekhyt, and
the two lands serve thee."