1. Oh what a wonder the world is for an astonished eye!
And O flower of days, how you have changed!

2. The days make me go around and around like a spindle
The days have climbed and dove at me

3. And I blame my days for frightening me
But I do not see my days being troubled by the blame

4. I will lament to people the lost youth
The world made youth decay and turned it grey

5. And I have an end that my breathing runs toward
Whenever a breath of mine draws near

6. And examples are made of me with every glance
And events have tested and tried me

7. My soul yearns for a lowly world
To which abode does my soul yearn?

8. And souls were made stingy, so whenever
One of them thought of generosity, it avoided it

9. The world has certainly deluded many generations
And the world has certainly tired and busied generations

10. It is the abode whose morning hastens death upon its people
When the sun rises and sets

11. I have suffered harm from the world's wolves that change colors
It has seditions that it has pulverized and taken away

12. And how wondrous are the terms in their deceits!
And how wondrous are the fortunes in how they are attained!

13. I have seen the most hated of people
Win the love of others with a soul that endeared itself