1. Oh mother, may spring greet you with vigor
While you remain shining in my heart

2. Oh mother, do not cry for your fledgling that
Departed and whose wing is now broken

3. Did the memory of you not excite a little bird that
Brought light or chirped faintly?

4. I yearn for the sight of you in my foreign abode
And envy the chicks adorning their nests

5. And every morn I welcome the breeze
To gain from it strength and fragrance

6. I let the sunlight enter my chest and eyelids
And exhale a sigh from between my ribs

7. Oh mother, this separation has left
No joy for my heart, for I was stripped of companionship

8. So my branch has withered in its spring
And my flower is scattered in the air

9. My youth passed without enjoying its beauty
And my lot was to count months

10. Months passed, taking my hopes and joy
Leaving behind my long life now short

11. Oh mother, while waves separate us
I hear from them murmuring in the dark

12. I cry over them, yearning and longing
Hoping they would free this captive

13. So I long to compose poetry sometimes
For I love the warbling of the lovelorn nightingale

14. I knew you in the dark watching over my star
With your heart fluttering, wanting to fly

15. If dense clouds veil it, smile
Perhaps after setting it will rise again

16. Send my greetings to the soul of youth
Perhaps one day it will visit me