1. The flowers of the meadow withered
Like melting teeth of the sickle

2. Their redness used to shame the river
Making the waves shine like firebrands

3. Their garments used to shame the river
Flowing in tumultuous waves

4. How they adorned the hillside yesterday
With necklaces of coral and kisses

5. Today their light is extinguished and faded
As if they never bloomed or inclined

6. Today their necklace is scattered
And I saw the riverbank paralyzed

7. Whenever I passed a withered flower
I wept when I wept out of hope

8. I watered it with both my hands
Like a cloud waters the ridges

9. It fluttered on its branch and fell
The breeze carried it hurriedly away

10. O eye where are the flowers of the meadow
Pass by its river and console yourself

11. I wish their lushness had lasted
To meet the one who promised but did not arrive

12. Their fading was soon enough
For the meeting so it shocked the legs

13. I hoped to meet and kiss them
And drink the wine of their drunk beauty

14. But now that they have withered, there is no hope
Of meeting, let alone kissing