1. Seek not the order after losing command,
Alas, the dead live not after their passing.

2. O you who drew us close but then wished our love,
What's passed is gone, those times are not returning.

3. Days when we loved each other and were one,
Wand'ring in pleasure, balance undiscerning.

4. But when in passion love lost equilibrium,
No balance left between us, only yearning.

5. For when in passion love loses its balance,
And its persistence is beyond discerning.