1. I blamed you, oh heart, what have you gained
While drunk with the wine of life

2. And in the garden, the flowers laughed at
The morning's tears raining on them

3. Gloating and distracted was time
With what it shows and what it conceals

4. And I carry your burden in life until
I die, after bearing so much

5. Despair comes back to me about you insistently
So I drown in it, unable to compose myself

6. And how can I compose myself when life fades away
And age is not accepted, but moves on

7. For the crescent moon of life, when it appears
Wanes before it can become full