1. My beloved, I now see that my life after you
Is as though I see my life after me.

2. I used to complain of distance, though nearness was hoped for.
How can I be today in despair and distance?

3. The gravest thing to me was his aloofness.
Who now remains for me, would that I return to aloofness!

4. When you lose the intimacy of one whom you love,
It is yourself, not the beloved, that keenly feels the loss.

5. I perished from grief when you remained virtuous.
So you came to live in a house, and I in a grave.

6. May your life after destruction remain, though you are
Under the earth, subject to chill rot.