1. My friend, though fate has bent me, I yearn for our old haunts,
Wondering if the house we knew still stands there.

2. Ask if a night has passed like those we knew,
And mourn the days gone by, forever lost.

3. Nights when life was tranquil and serene,
When the tree of life was green and fresh.

4. Time has now spread its canopy over us
And withdrawn its gifts, and left us in the lurch.

5. Yet life tricks its people, luring them
With joy, though brewing gloom underneath.

6. After so much, it led me to strange waters -
Streams I'd never known or thought to drink from.

7. My friend, why does resolve still fail me?
My life and will seem thwarted at each step.

8. By God, I know not what crime I've committed,
Or what sin, that fortune spurns me so.