1. Alas, if only I had known you were like this with people
I would have hardened my heart against you, O companion of despair

2. For you had long been unpleasing to an admirer
Other than me, nor did you nurture affection towards the downcast

3. But when your true colors shone through
And I weighed my affairs in light of that with a measure

4. Then my love for you cannot be held against me
Rather, your love for me exposed my destitution