How to write a poem or a lyric? Please edit it

I translated the following from Chinese version Lunyu (The Analects by Confucius), but I don't know how to make it a true poem or lyric. Please edit it to make it one. And of course, a lecture on poem making will be warmly welcomed.


The madman of Chu, Jie Yu, sang when he passed by Confucius:

”O Pheonix! O Pheonix!
Where is your virtue gone?
The things passed
Can’t be undone;
What awaits us is future,
That gives us hope.
Give up your vain pursuit!
Give up your vain pursuit!
In peril are those who
Engage in today’s affairs of state.”