1. My brother, my state without you before my eyes
Is like the sun missing its rays

2. Excuses keep me from you, though pleasant
If you would but listen

3. My tears flowed ceaselessly
Gushing from my heart without end

4. So towards you I yearn, with my heart’s blood
Flowing from my tearducts down my arms

5. All run longing for you
Cascading like torrents racing downhill

6. No channel stemmed another’s flow
My wound almost wished to reclaim me

7. I was like one who treats a headache
That lightened, but the pain remained