1. How much endurance has your estrangement shattered
And how sleepless the watcher for your return

2. So many tears has a sick eye shed for you
And how many a cloistered one have you left distressed

3. At times you are generous with union—I see
Its days made radiant by your nearness

4. At others you show aloofness, so alas
For the heart tugged tow’rd you without rest

5. You’ve wrung me dry for love of you, and yet
You’ve captured my head in your noose