I, a monk, went to a charnel ground 
and saw a woman’s body abandoned there, 
discarded in a cemetery, 
full of worms that devoured. 

Some men were disgusted, 
seeing her dead and rotten; 
but sexual desire arose in me, 
I was as if blind to her oozing body. 

Quicker than the cooking of rice 
I left that place! 
Mindful and aware, 
I retired to a discreet place. 

Then the realization 
came upon me—
the danger became clear, 
and I was firmly disillusioned. 

Then my mind was freed—
see the excellence of the teaching! 
I’ve attained the three knowledges 
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.