1. If I see the ignorant night
Reopen an old wound

2. And converse with every soul
Whose love was once sublime

3. Crying out from my heart's depths
Memories have turned painful

4. O night restore for me
That gentle, soothing tone

5. That often justified my soul
And lifted away its gloom

6. When we would commiserate
And see tears as stars

7. And our intimate chatter
In fever softly blew as a breeze

8. And bring back the memory of friends
Among whom I was a leader

9. They were all branches
Later turned to kindling

10. Indeed hopes of my youth
Like them have withered

11. After them I do not expect
To see a generous heart