1. You lacked, o abandoned one, the ability to be startled,
And from your well-wishers, the ability to accept advice,

2. An innate trait not relinquished by you
When they turn away from you, the ability to endure.

3. The eye flows tears when they become distant,
And if they acted unjustly for a long time, the ability to beautify.

4. Even if I haven’t been one that approves
Of this estrangement from me, I tried to beautify it.

5. For death visited a lover,
It’s said he had been but forgot.

6. Oh what grief and agony in my body,
Every joint and limb aches.

7. The healthy person excuses the afflicted one,
The afflicted doesn’t aid the afflicted.