1. Had he been angry and reproachful
I would have apologized and turned repentant

2. But he saw that liveliness had faded
When the water of youth was depleted

3. And the succession of days followed for me
From your condition, bowed and white-haired

4. And he saw after being led astray, my companion
Pulls the reins, roaming with others as friends

5. And I wished that he would be gracious to me
So I said, perhaps he will be willing to return to me

6. I am like the darkness when the dawn has spread
The hands of morning, with beams of light probing

7. Fifty years of my life have passed, without gaining wisdom
As if I had been absent from them

8. I did not benefit from my experiences in them
Despite having met the wonders of time

9. And there came upon me in Egypt ten years after them
Which were all lessons and experiences

10. I witnessed the wonders
Of how time plays with people and turns the world upside down