1. Alas for the days of youth
And what adornments we wore

2. And their passing, as we came to know
Forbidden pleasures and noble traits

3. Days when the memory of you
Filled the tablets of my prime

4. Alas for my days and days
Of intoxicating companionship

5. That planted tenderness on the cheeks
And made the full moon shine

6. Between eyebrows and eyelashes
Days that revealed harmony

7. Without contrary intentions
When bounty stood still for my youth

8. And I slipped from those stations