1. I wandered in a terrible, gloomy prison
Where I was met with nothing but hostility!

2. Except for a group twisting their ribs toward evil
In every place in this world.. and time!

3. And through them Satan appears happy and content
For Satan has won every bet!

4. So I said to myself after my dwelling worsened
Woe to me from what the two angels record!

5. Woe to me for the company who dressed
In their sins of desire and greed!

6. Shall I remain in this disgraceful prison shackled
In shame? While my thoughts and madness bind me?!

7. And I called in the name of God, I send forth my tears..
Pleading to Him from anguish and humiliation!

8. Then I saw a light shine through the darkness
And behind it I saw the specter of tenderness!

9. Saying: Shall I not ascend from here without fear
For you are safe from harm and curses!

10. You were saved by confident faith.. so do not return
With a misguided heart to passion. And the tongue!

11. Otherwise the soul has nothing but agony
Nothing but each unsheathed, sharpened sword. And fang!

12. So I said, I seek refuge in God that I leave desire
To lead my mount in the pathways. And my reigns!

13. I have had my fill of tribulations from what I have faced..
And I have had my fill of what makes me more miserable than punishment

14. I have faced from Satan every temptation
And I have faced my pure, rightful guidance from my Kind Maker!

15. So this is my conscience fervently roaring
Like a lover engrossed in song.. and flutes!

16. Passions and how I yearn to drink its wine
When I have grown old! Or yearn for the beauty of youth!

17. I have severed ties with passions and flirts. And turned me
Away from vanity that seriousness has scolded me!

18. My misguidance in youth was injurious so it saddened me
And my elder prudence made me happy when it hurt me!