1. He almost ran to the ruins, or did run,
Alas! He did not stop until he collapsed.

2. Youth does not forgive, may God not forgive youth,
It roused him from his heedlessness, no rest.

3. And it stirred in him a youthful folly,
Which he had lamented and mourned as dead.

4. It poured unrestrainedly, as youth had poured,
And pastured the stars of night, as it had pastured.

5. The night of youth veiled its coverings,
Dawn rent them, and the day broke through.

6. Farewell turned away the admonitions,
If it starts over, do not respond.

7. They claimed that stinginess silenced me,
Because of rhymes, as if my nature relapsed,

8. And forgot that poetry which
Increased in tenderness until it was cut off.

9. And those meanings which I recited
Were words that make the deaf hear pleas,

10. And stillness beneath which mighty torrents lurk,
And tranquility beneath which flows the runnel.

11. I want nothing to do with poetry
Which is unlawful, so I gave it up.

12. What's it to me if I neglect Nawruz?
Nawruz betrayed - what did it accomplish?

13. It dressed a bald head with brocade,
And crowned it with a jewel-studded crown.