there are gains for all our losses, there are balms for all our pain; but when youth, the dream, departs it takes something from our hearts, and it never comes again. we are stronger, and are better, under manhood’s sterner reign; still we feel that something sweet followed youth, with flying feet, and will never come again. something beautiful is vanished, and we sigh for it in vain; we behold it everywhere, on the earth, and in the air, but it never comes again!
我们所有的损失都有收获，我们所有的痛苦都有慰藉；但当青春，梦想，离开时，它却带走了我们心中的某些东西，从此不再来。在男子汉更严厉的统治下，我们变得更强大，也更优秀；但我们仍然感到，青春过后，会有甜蜜的东西飞舞着双脚，永不再来。美丽的东西消失了，我们徒然叹息；我们到处都能看到它，在地上，在空中，但它再也不会来了！