1. Oh how I wished for the one who visited me
After estrangement and avoidance

2. Exuberant in his embrace
Is the fervor of youth and adolescence

3. And I complained when I complained
To the aloofness of the heart I turned

4. Looking down on me, my love scorned
Disdaining my great devotion

5. I honored him or I feared him
So I spared him harsh reproach

6. And I contented myself with his fleeting glimpse
That appeared though it was not in my account

7. It came without request, yet how
Sweetness is marred by longing

8. If I had hoped to attain it
I would have traded my youth for it