1. The memory of the days of youth delights me
And talking about them is sweet and pleasurable to me

2. Repeat the conversations of youth, for they
Banish worries from the heart and captivate it

3. I have remnants of the bliss of its era
I perish while its bliss remains and does not disappear

4. Alas for that time, for it is to me
The sweetest time of life

5. Days when I would strut about in the clothes of youth
And the mouth from the beauty of blossoming was covered

6. And the sea of love would surge within me and there was not
For anyone else in straying a vessel

7. And the singing girls would hover around my affection
This one draws close to me and that one reproaches

8. And whatever I intended to console myself
In love and passion, the love of one who is affectionate would increase me

9. And today, the virgins have seen an appearance
That they dislike, which is white-haired passion

10. Strangely enough, they incline towards the raven of ugly men
How can a buzzard with grey feathers appeal to them?

11. Leave off this pretext from yourself, desire has departed
And be off, for dalliance has for you no course