1. I departed from you out of excessive misfortune
And swore my sanity away, away behind me

2. To a hope in you until I see you
So my bosom is watered by that watering

3. And I became busy with an occupying busyness
Little singing, abundant misery

4. So is there for you in pardon for what I committed
And in restoring with that loss

5. I say, an apologizer seeking forgiveness
For the sin, admitting to estrangement

6. So my loss is near if I become absent from you
Or else I return, my loss is my loss