1. The day of parting afflicted us stealthily,
So my ardent love ignited the furtive gaze.

2. It hesitated a little, quivering with fear,
As the sun falters when it's straight overhead.

3. My silence spoke to her with my hidden feelings,
And I was still, so that not a sound was heard from me.

4. She turned away just as youth turns from crazed passion,
Folding over its rapacity the cloak of her soul.