1. Spring unveiled upon us
Maidens in the bloom of youth

2. Crowned with carnelian gems
Adorned in daytime finery

3. You see they have rosebuds
And veils for their adornment

4. He brought us jewel-bright gifts
That dazzle all eyes

5. O beauty of red and yellow
You show embers and flame

6. That redness flowed away
That yellow paled

7. And this became carnelian
And that fresh and verdant

8. And that aromatic myrrh
And that healing fragrance

9. If it only stayed perfect
I would have composed an ode