1. My mornings are now prey to grief and sorrow
A body upright, but a heart bent low

2. Alas, they intend to depart
And leave me with nothing but sadness

3. Tears flowing down my cheeks
Like rain pouring from clouds

4. A heart tossed between ribs
Far from peace, shackled and confined

5. My mornings, and gray hairs grazing
Little joy, much grief

6. Though I grew old before my time
My fortune aged, and so did time

7. As if sorrows had stripped my hair of color
Arrows of calamity, or shroud's threads

8. In calamities, your worst enemy
Is the cowardice that restrains you

9. When youth departs
It's like a dream once cherished, now forgotten