our hands have met, but not our hearts;
our hands will never meet again.
friends, if we have ever been,
friends we cannot now remain:
i only know i loved you once,
i only know i loved in vain;
our hands have met, but not our hearts;
our hands will never meet again!
then farewell to heart and hand!
i would our hands had never met:
even the outward form of love
must be resign’d with some regret.
friends, we still might seem to be,
if i my wrong could e’er forget;
our hands have join’d but not our hearts:
i would our hands had never met!
