1. The days of youth passed quickly
So farewell to them, farewell

2. Whenever I was cheerful, a ray
Would shine upon me like a star

3. I did not know before it faded away
That parting was so near

4. The day I became weak and bent
I made way for it and rose high

5. I will cry if crying avails
After hope is lost

6. The sweet life in it left me
Oh, if only it could be regained

7. That life which did not last for me
Was a dream, its specter an illusion

8. I will not forget the beauty of those nights
Even if they are far from my lands

9. Memories have in the heart of one who loved
An impression of what he had loved

10. As if the years were
An instant, and those days an hour

11. That youth was like a spring
Sprouting from its lights, kinds

12. Its blossom smiling to the melody
Pleasing to sights and hearing

13. Blessed is play when the prime of youth
Called me to it, and I obeyed

14. I praised youth when it was strong
And blamed old age and sickness

15. This short time left in my life's path
Is not a cloud, if it desires to clear

16. I, after my strength was sapped by old age
And its walls began crumbling

17. Wherever I turn to it I see
Cracks that frighten me and collapse

18. It saddens me to see the rope of my life
Near the end, about to snap

19. Then after I am placed in my grave
I will not see a ray of daylight

20. It is a hole in the ground in which
Lies the best of people, their marrow and pith

21. Evil is the abode of the honored
On earth, a coffin that decays the kidneys and self

22. And I see between death which is before me
And my life, a struggle every day

23. Fate gave me some time from the days
But when they came, they came quickly

24. It is as if I see my grave before my eyes
Open-mouthed, wanting to swallow me

25. And I see hands trying to bury me
Yet I cannot resist

26. It is not out of love for death that
If it drew closer to me I drew closer

27. But it is old age, anxiety, and
Illness that make me rush to it quickly

28. The old man carries hopes in life
And a heart inclined to youth

29. An old man's heart is like a child's
Who did not cease his follies

30. The pleasures of life in the eyes of
The anxious old man are nothing but illusion

31. Among the old I did not abstain
From pleasure, for I have comrades

32. We all seek to live happily
We all love gaining from life

33. I do not fear death, for if it
Appeared before me I would face it bravely

34. It is the law of nature, it does not
Innovate when it comes

35. Does my courage negate that I
Take care not to waste my life?

36. O life, you are not one color
An hour is good, and an hour evil

37. Life is not at all times
A pleasure for those who desire it

38. If death were not real
We would invent it for life

39. There is no peace for the wretched lambs
On earth until they become prey

40. I have long thought about departing
But never thought I would be startled

41. One finds reasons to stay on earth
To satisfy his soul's needs

42. I convinced myself to stay, but my conscience
And mind could not convince me

43. Nature's beauty lowered
Her veil to me grudgingly

44. This life is but a spark
That rose high from the ether's breath

45. It has secrets the mind does not
Grasp, I do not claim to know it

46. My view of life did not harm a jot
For it sees no following

47. One's personal view is like a resolute sword
That breaches conventions and consensus

48. I do not like imitators except themselves
Characters have changed characters

49. If I possessed today the freedom
Of my self I would proclaim what is not proclaimed

50. And I would declare truth again and again
After it, and again, and again