1. The beautiful rose withered in the grave
After gracing the cheek

2. And the branches grew green with life but
No tears moistened the faded rose

3. Death does not part forever
Between the jest of life and solemnity

4. If only a hero could be ransomed
With a soul other than his own or money

5. Death is just between us so through it
The king equals the slave

6. All of this world and your rights
Subject to the islands of time and tide

7. The universe is but meadows and what
In it of two worlds is like roses

8. Whenever its flowers bloom
Death plucks them deliberately

9. And of the roses are those it withers
Hastily like the infant in the cradle

10. It hid from you its wisdom
As lightning hides in the clouds

11. Everything by it has a cause
And sometimes water takes the young man’s life

12. And hopes are like fresh springs
However it flows its roses it pours

13. Yes, and O Lord the water of its evil
Tasted the cup of pigeons in the flowers

14. This is your world that you love
And it is created upon rejection

15. Attaining its goals is of no use
Only asceticism and piety are of use

16. The planet of bad omen did not last in it
Nor did the rising of good fortune

17. Souls got accustomed to it
As an abode of misery and strain

18. It is like a female companion if she prettifies for a lad
Or lightens from afar like lightning

19. And if he smiles it frowns
And refuses him to the field of passion

20. With eyelids he almost loses
Between the shedding of tears and vigilance

21. Such are its states and its apparent
Condition is not devoid of flaw

22. You cannot ask it for loyalty for how often
We asked and it replied with refusal

23. It is the cup of life we drink
Bitterness mixed in it with sweetness

24. How many beautifully molded and faced
Became ruined in burial

25. How many a lad impressed with his health
Preceded the unhealthy to the grave

26. He went willingly by the command of his Creator
Not by the decree of his epidemics

27. And the affairs of people since created
Between taking the decree and returning it

28. So be gentle O misfortunes and calm down
Have mercy on the mortals or be severe

29. Suffice us that death fells us
That this existence is for loss