בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָה֩ אָנֹכִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם הַאֵדַ֣ע ׀ בֵּין־ט֣וֹב לְרָ֗ע אִם־יִטְעַ֤ם עַבְדְּךָ֙ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֹכַל֙ וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה אִם־אֶשְׁמַ֣ע ע֔וֹד בְּק֖וֹל שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֑וֹת וְלָמָּה֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ עוֹד֙ לְמַשָּׂ֔א אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
Ako'y walumpung taong gulang na ngayon; makikilala ko pa ba ang mabuti at ang masama? Malalasahan pa ba ng iyong lingkod ang aking kinakain at ang aking iniinom? Maririnig ko pa ba ang tinig ng mga mang-aawit na lalaki at babae? Kaya bakit pa magiging pabigat ang iyong lingkod sa aking panginoong hari?
Ecclesiastes
And the doors in the marketplace [(the organs of elimination)] be closed with the muffling of the sound of the mill [(the stomach)], and he [(the old man] arise [from sleep] at the sound of a bird, and all songsters be base [in his eyes].