Sorrow, So Long and So Tangled

First, it is best not to meet, so you will not fall in love. Second, it is best not to know one another, so you will not yearn for each other.

Third, it is best not to keep each other company, so you will owe each other nothing. Fourth, it is best not to cherish one another, so you will have no memories to treasure.

Fifth, it is best not to love, so you will not abandon one another. Sixth, it is best not to face each other, so you will never meet.

Seventh, it is best not to misunderstand, so you will not let each other down. Eighth, it is best not to make promises, so there will be no future to continue together.

Ninth, it is best not to depend on one another, so you will never lean close. Tenth, it is best not to encounter one another, so you will never come together.

But once you have met, you will know each other. What is meeting, compared with never having met? If only I could part from you forever, and be spared this longing that lasts until death.