1. Let the days abandon whoever turned away
And do not wait for him to keep faith or promise

2. I see the pact of youth's freshness has declined
And nothing of pleasures remains except

3. Conversing with men of intellect
So send the purest springs flowing

4. And with people of virtues seek the way
And be with those you find noble

5. For we used to count them few
And now they are fewer than few