1. Youth has departed, and there is no bringing it back.

    And I bear signs that testify to old age:

  2. Visible gray hair upon my head, which I received

    After another had departed, still esteemed.

  3. And I see decay diminish the blackness of my hair,

    And gray hair increases as life lengthens.

  4. And I would indeed have wept for youth, if

    Weeping could have brought it back to me.

  5. Youth will not return, even if you grieve,

    Ever; nor is there anyone to bring it back to you.

Sol 6.1