1. Man has no power over the turns of fate's hand
Nor can he withstand time's blows so hard

2. Happy are those friends who found
Death before they learned to love

3. I avow their due right, and willingly
Shed my tears for them as they shed their blood

4. O Time, you who made them drink the cup
And go to the spring to which they came

5. Mankind passes away and days pursue them
We all pass, but the One, the Eternal, remains