1. Had you willed when the living was departing,
You would have gestured to us with curled fingers.

2. No one who leaves says farewell when leaving,
While all who remain are left without farewells.

3. And people kept you from visiting my wretchedness,
So why didn’t you visit my heart when I lay down?

4. And you feared a union the people would recognize,
So what harm from a union when no one was with me?