[Pingiya:]

I'm old & weak,
my complexion dull.
I've blurry eyes
and trouble hearing,
but may I not perish deluded,
			confused!
Teach me the Dhamma
so that I may know
the abandoning here
	of birth & aging.

[The Buddha:]

Seeing people suffering
on account of their bodies — 
	heedless people are oppressed
	on account of their bodies — 
then heedful, Pingiya,
let go of the body
	for the sake of no further becoming.

[Pingiya:]

In the four cardinal directions,
the four intermediate,
above & below
	— the ten directions — 
there is nothing in the world
	unseen, unheard,
	unsensed, uncognized by you.
Teach me the Dhamma
so that I may know
the abandoning here
	of birth & aging.

[The Buddha:]

Seeing people,
	victims of craving — 
	aflame, overwhelmed with aging — 
then heedful, Pingiya,
let go of craving
	for the sake of no further becoming.