1. My friends, can I still find the life I knew,
The life I hoped for while living with you?

2. Can I see that smile that shines like the sun,
And those white palaces glittering, every one?

3. Can I walk again through the swaying green,
And wander those meadows, grazing and serene?

4. Abu Hassan, though time has parted us now,
That’s just time’s way, it breaks apart every vow.

5. But still I swallow my grief and its sting,
As tears pour down more than my cheeks can hold.

6. Always before, only union could please,
Now I find peace in mere memory and ease.