1. I wrote to you what your station deserved,

    Yet I saw nothing from you befitting my station.

  2. And I sent my heart in my words, but could not find

    A place with you for my heart and my words.

  3. And accepting my greeting is reply enough for me;

    Oh, if only I knew—have you accepted my greeting?

  4. And I surely ask Time to keep faith with you,

    Yet you do not ask Time to keep faith with me.

  5. Did you deem my affection a kindness or an intrusion?

    And it is nothing but my nature and my passion.

  6. And I do not regret what has passed me by,

    Even if it held my rank and my medal.

  7. I reproach you with goodwill, and I blame you,

    Perhaps my reproach and my blame will help.

  8. And I had hoped to stand before you,

    As you stand before me, filling my eyes.

Sol 6.1