1. I and worries are companions, both of us
True in friendship, keeping promises

2. We have never parted for a moment in time until
Time has reunited us again

3. We stay up nights silent so that
The night does not reveal our secret to the envious

4. My friend said to me when he noticed dawn
Stretching to us from afar

5. Hide me from people's eyes in the day
For I am the companion of black nights

6. And you, O worries, I have confessed myself to you
So unburden yourself onto a firm shoulder

7. Courage in ordeals is not of the qualities
Of the youth if not strong

8. My dream suffices me if I complained to it
Of the bitterness of fate, wishes, and efforts