1. From shore to unknown shores
The endless night casts us adrift

2. What has passed is gone and will not return
Alas, no haven for the day that's passed

3. A year has ended, its close is nigh
And time has torn our company asunder

4. Whisper alone to the lake now
And sit on this rock all alone

5. Say to the lake, do you remember when
Evening had settled, and we were at the cove

6. No sound heard in the valley from anyone
Except the oar's echo and the wave

7. When suddenly, an unfamiliar voice
Shook the stillness with its gentle shout

8. The mist listened, the valley reverberated
Echoing it, and the clouds whispered

9. O fate be gentle, do not hasten
Its hours in disdain and spite

10. So the joy of life can be relished
And its pleasure made longer for reaping

11. Why don't you look upon that universe
And see how many people weep

12. Begging you to take them, the bitter sorrow
Leave the joys and go with the grieving

13. This bliss and these tribulations
Both compete for time's indifference

14. With what justice, O time
Are the two states so similar in haste?

15. O endless ancient abyss, answer
And speak, O chasm of the past

16. What will you do with months and eras
And a lifetime's joy that cannot be restored?

17. Whisper to the lake, the rocks, promise
And adjure the depths and the woods

18. Say, guard the memory of our passion
For youth has confided its epochs to you

19. And you, O lake, remain as you are
Restless and calm

20. In the towering water bend
In the awe-inspiring rock juts

21. In the breeze's restless tremor
In the stars' glitter on the water's face

22. In the wind's soft moan and sigh
In the branch's relief of hot core

23. In the thick embracing mist
That played gently with tender youth

24. In all this, a weeping voice
Will say: alas, they are gone