Ecclesiastes 12:2-4

Common English Bible

²     before the sun and the light grow dark, the moon and the stars too,
        before the clouds return after the rain;
³     on the day when the housekeepers tremble and the strong men stoop;
when the women who grind stop working because they’re so few,
    and those who look through the windows grow dim;
⁴     when the doors to the street are shut,
        when the sound of the mill fades,
        the sound of the bird rises,
        and all the singers come down low;