My destiny that was Written behind the curtains Was wrapped in the silk of mystery While I follow it like in a dream And have no recourse to it
Time that did not exist was born It surrounded the earth Time and my destiny are of the same tribe Nobody knows what are they? Or why are they?
I know that time is priceless and perishable And eternity free and everlasting Both time and I are in love And were born of lasting love
Time disrobes the rose in its arms And the tulip mingles with Time until it dies Time my rival and my enemy Kills my roses and tulips
Many are the roses from my destiny That slept in the arms of Time And I see that the train of time passes by And takes away my flowers To deliver them to the open arms of eternity
Such is time and I the loser Time is present and past and I am now Time, my rival, my companion and my enemy It is a careless co-traveler that doesn’t care about me
It drives on and does not look back It doesn’t stop so I would pull out the thorn from my foot It doesn’t stop so I would take a breath Onward it drives and it never pauses
Time, my co-traveler, my companion and my enemy Does not know that one day Neither he, nor I would exist anymore