Today I stumbled upon a poem (sanskrit?) translated into Tamil by Madumitha .I have rendered it from Tamil to English.

 Like a tiger the old age is frightening me

Like an army the diseases invade me

My longevity goes  down, like the water

Leaking through the broken earthen pot.

And yet the man hardly ever attempts to  do any

Virtuous act or good deeds.

(Courtesy:Tamil weekly, Ananda Vikatan,dated 8 october 2006)