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y de nuestra carne ligera<br />
imaginar siempre un Eden,<br />
sin pensar que la Primavera<br />
y la carne acaban tambien .<br />
45Juventud, divino tesoro,<br />
ya te vas para no volver!<br />
Cuando quiero llorar, no lloro,<br />
y a veces lloro sin querer .<br />
Y las demas! en tantos climas,<br />
50en tantas tierras, siempre son,<br />
si no pretextos de mis rimas,<br />
fantasmas de mi corazon.<br />
En vano busqué a la princesa<br />
que estaba triste de esperar.<br />
55La vida es dura. Amarga y pesa.<br />
Ya no hay princesa que cantar!<br />
She deemed our flesh a deathless thing,<br />
And on desire an Eden reared,<br />
Forgetting that the flowers of Spring<br />
And of the flesh so soon are seared<br />
45Youth, treasure only gods may keep,<br />
Fleeting from me forever now!<br />
I cannot, when I wish to, weep,<br />
And often cry I know not how<br />
And the others! In many climes,<br />
50In so many lands, ever were<br />
Merely the pretext for my rhymes,<br />
Or heart-born fantasies of her.<br />
I sought for the princess in vain,<br />
She that awaited sorrowing.<br />
55But life is hard. Bitter with pain.<br />
There is no princess now to sing!