1. You left, and patience, and the songs, and behind
You left an ailing man who the ailing man cries over

2. And whenever they said, the ailing man, he would answer
About you from me, feebleness and feebleness

3. O frigid heart, if you were like me
The retreating one would have carried you to me and acceptance

4. I am in a land and you in another
Where are you now, that which you claimed and said

5. And the sincere friends were amazed at me
For you an affection over separation, momentous

6. And their praise of me for that, they compose
Thus the friend accompanies the friend