1. What I see is but pain
And pain is what fills my chest

2. Either it's his love that I yearn for
With eyes that weep and a heart that hungers

3. Or it's his voice that I carried
On breezes, fading into the ether

4. It reached me gentle in the gloom
Gentle is the voice of the obedient beloved

5. Where is he who dwelt in my eyes?
Where is my love, where is that pining?

6. All things fade
Melting away like candle flames

7. The soul has immortality in life
The soul has no death or passing

8. As if immortality weighs down my soul
Its fall in my heart is terrible

9. My eyes no longer gaze upon my beloved
To love there is no return

10. The bride of poetry made me weep but
Those tears cannot quench the heart

11. O love, I gave you my heart
When passion was spring

12. I was told, "You lost it, o unjust one"
All that is given to you is lost