1. After your death, my father, I did not expect
With grief-blinded emotions,

2. That I would thirst for life and drink
From its fiery, exuberant river,

3. And return to the world with a fluttering heart
For love, joy and music,

4. And everything in the universe of the images of bliss
And wonders of passions and ecstasies,

5. Until years passed and the charms of life came
With its enchanting, tempting magic,

6. And I still remain a child, fascinated
By pursuing lights and colors,

7. While pessimism about life and rejecting it
Is a kind of raving delirium.

8. Indeed, the son of Adam in his innermost being
Is a true believer in life's servitude.