1. Oh, my yearning for the days of youth
Like the rays of the sun, they were pure

2. If the armies of sorrow stared at me
I'd face them with armies of joy

3. And if they spoke of me and love
It was said no secret was hidden from him

4. If the breezes of youth passed by
To revive my body, they were enough

5. And if I recited a poem of passion
It was said rhyme had swept it away