1. My heart, be brief, for reminiscence is useless,
Nor as intercessor avails in restoring the past.

2. Ask from the heart - my partner once - to bear
The cup alone; now throb and flutter by yourself.

3. No harm in you, when you were hung, a sun at dawn,
If you recalled the sacrifices of love at times.

4. Why did you not take precautions for this day
Before yearnings turned into burning agony?

5. I grieve for you, who spent a lifetime daring
Fires in union, and in separation, fires.