Dhammapada · 3.9

Aciraṃ vatayaṃ kāyo, pathaviṃ adhisessati;Chuddho apetaviññāṇo, niratthaṃva kaliṅgaraṃ.

aciram vata-yam kayo, pathavim adhisessati; chuddho apeta-vinnano, niratthamva kalingaram.

Soon, alas, this body will lie upon the earth — cast aside, deprived of consciousness, as useless as a rotten log.

— Dhammapada 3.9

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.