Evening has already fallen on all we haven't done
Night has already fallen on everything yet tried
After all, we haven't yet learned to turn back the wheel,
Like a wave returning to the sea

Silence has already settled over all we failed to grasp
Darkness has already fallen the truths we did not clasp
Surely, in a little while, we’ll let it all decay,
All that was stolen by this passing day

A child learns to walk step by step,
As for us, we'll just do it tomorrow;
But we said the same thing yesterday
How is it that we didn't keep the vow?
And at sunset, like last night: