1. I blamed myself and forced my soul to part from you for a while
Yet when we parted I gained no benefit at all

2. And I had promised my heart the joys of union, though it knew
That I cannot be happy, nor you comforted

3. So what was the point, until love drove me back to you
Despite my skill at parting and at union too

4. If I have no escape from you, and none but you
Can cure my pain, then all my blaming was in vain