1. O sea, I come to you perplexed,
Complaining of the cruelty of fate to man,

2. O sea, time has disputed me, and I
No longer know my place in life,

3. How many times have I embraced you on your sands,
How often has your murmur caressed my tongue,

4. How often has my heart lived as an ascetic in your skies,
Healing the wounds of love with melodies,

5. And today I come to you while worries are like
A ghost chasing my mind and my being,

6. And I have become in the sea of life a ship
Which the wave takes far from the coast,

7. So people drink their tears on the paths
And the path is filled with the bitterness of sorrows,

8. And the flowers in every garden complain
Of the injustice of spring and the aloofness of the branches,

9. And the child lost in the cold of the city
Still searches for a tender time,

10. And the minarets of prayers weep sadly
For the ignorance of the imam of the truth of faith,

11. A time raging in all wishes,
How miserable is the world without wishes!

12. O sea, time has intoxicated me with its wine,
Turbulent, raging through my whole being,

13. How often has its darkness deceived me,
How often has it held back my tongue when speaking!

14. I never thought one day that I
Would become a man without humanity.