1. This little one who has come to me in my old age
Has delighted my eyes, but increased my worries

2. He came while time had left wounds in my body
Like the wounds of nights orbiting the moon

3. And grey hair followed, igniting embers
While fate followed platforms with steps

4. Fifty seven years, if they'd passed on a stone
Their effect would show on the stone's surface

5. So my greed for life grew, and it renewed for me
Stinginess with my money and care for my lifespan

6. I fret over it, fearing my day will overtake me
Before I finish grooming him for his path

7. And I desire to see him as a youth
His face fresh with the grey hair of youth

8. Reviving the glories of my forefathers and resembling them
In their glory, following their guiding light