The fish of my life's hope slipped off the hook and swam away;
my life passed uselessly, like a drunken night.
A life whose single breath was worth a whole soul,
what a pity, it slipped through my hands for nothing.
Explanation: The 'fish on the hook' image captures hope that was almost grasped but lost. 'Worth a whole soul' renders the idiom for something priceless.