1. I have lost all hope
Oh fate, do not smile at me

2. Whenever I hope to attain what
I aspire, my wishes are dashed

3. I know not if my fate was destined
To afflict me, so it cast me down

4. Whether it was my fate's will, or not
My dignity was never compromised

5. When fate afflicted me with disasters
I was steadfast like a mountain

6. No misfortune could shake me
From the passion that filled my soul

7. For a glance once led the likes of me
To youth - it was more decisive than steel

8. I care not, as long as my beloved is fair
Whether this life be long or short

9. And my body suffers from lovesickness
Leaving my shadow like a spindle's

10. Twisting like branches, moving
Wherever passion takes hold

11. Where is the time of revelry, can
Its like come again in future?

12. When my friends rejoiced together
Like drunkards around that spring

13. The water was pure like the sky
Flowing hurriedly from its source

14. Emerging from the heart of a gushing spring
Its heart boiling like a furnace

15. In gardens where flowers burst
With nectar in hollows for bees

16. Plants swaying gently in the breeze
Like velvet 'neath the morning dew

17. And shaded groves, leaves murmuring
To the melody of the running brook

18. Over which a nightingale laments
Oh my soul, at the nightingale's weeping

19. When fate brought days resembling
Wine that flowed smooth like silk

20. And flowers of the meadow opened
Their petals created for kisses

21. That was an age, where can I find its like
Oh soul, time of beginnings!