1. O prisoner of life, where is escape
The night has shut its door and the day

2. To whom then a glance, and what anticipation
Nothing remains after what I have waited for

3. And the passions of love and youth
Are a story drawn with curtains

4. What does the sick captive wish for
When misfortune and adversity have taken over

5. The night of the stranger grew long and grief persisted
In bed, embers and fire stirred

6. The prison opened its gate and became free
For you, no obstacles or walls

7. The shackle forgave you, wrists and ankles
So the whole earth became your home

8. Where, where is departure and travel
After the abode and riverbank have become distant

9. And steps burdened with despair slowed down
Your feet, and old age leaves its mark

10. What good is it for the young man if paradise pardoned him
Yet its orchards were ravaged by storms

11. I lived to see the one I love's beauty
Collapse like a towering mountain

12. Right before my eyes, beauty in her withers
Spring and lights die in her

13. What good is she who lives a lonesome life
Her cup remains while the wine spills

14. The carpet remains after the revelers leave
Like poisoned wine passed around

15. What good am I, and that caravan of life
In it, agony and destruction

16. Terrible destruction and all-encompassing nothingness
And harshness, poverty, and nakedness

17. O home of the beloved, was it just a dream
A meeting with no promised time, O home

18. O precious orchard, peace be upon you
How destiny flowed near you

19. Blessings on generosity and harvest and moments
As if squeezing out sap from fruits

20. Whenever I let you go, I take you back
Like an enemy provoking revenge