By a wiser man he was told 
"Time is your enemy as you get old" 
Now faced with his mortality 
He thought " I'll live my life intensely" 

I'll be no man of lesser will 
Top every mountain, cross every hill 
I'll live ten days to your one 
And will not rest, 'til all prices won 

Zeit verfliegt, Zeit verrinnt 
Vergiß niemals, Du wirst alt, mein Kind! 

To seize all time, is my secret 
I'll possess what you'll never get 

I will do everything, nothing's too much 
Every good looking thing I will touch 
All world wonder I will see 
Only sleep five hours ... that's the key 

He worked like [bad word] everyday 
Said "When I die I'll sleep anyway" 
Died in his prime, acted in haste 
The beauty of life he didn't taste