Ingilazi yehora

Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi i-hourglass isho ukuthini, kodwa abazi qonda kufana namaFreemason. Incazelo eyinhloko yalolu phawu ithi -  lokhu ukuhamba kwaphakade kwesikhathi , "Isihlabathi siyashelela size singasekho, ngakho-ke isikhumbuzo esiqhubekayo sokuthi ukuphila kunesiphetho ngakho-ke kumelwe sikusebenzise ngokugcwele lapho singakwazi."

Kodwa futhi isebenza njengesifaniso phakathi kwephezulu nephansi, futhi isidingo sokuguqula i-hourglass kusukela phezulu kuya phansi ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze uqhubeke nenqubo ifanekisela umjikelezo oqhubekayo phakathi kokuphila nokufa kanye nezulu nomhlaba.