1. Since parting from you, naught but harm has touched me,
Yet meeting you dispels it, bringing joy instead.

2. And though the bitterness of absence tortures,
It's sweetened at the joy of our reunion.

3. Beware those near you in creation but not in spirit,
For relatives and friends can surely injure you.

4. And wish to avoid the envy of the spiteful, though it seem
As gentle as a sword that slices through water.