Helplessness

 Nothing pleases me anymore except you alone,
 my heart settles on nothing else.
  
 I have no desire to speak with anyone,
 even when I do, my heart remains unfulfilled—
 only with you do I long to speak, and keep longing!
 Won't you set everything right again, beloved, as before?
  
 How then shall I live?
 Everything in me revolves around you alone,
 nothing else brings me joy anymore,
 I can't even study,
 everything feels so meaningless...
 Will you never wake in this life?
 Will your anger never soften again?
  
 Tell me what to do?
 Whatever you say, I'll do—just make everything normal again!
 How much longer will I go on like this, not speaking with you?
 Everything in me has come to a standstill,
 I want so desperately to begin everything anew, but I can do nothing.
  
 You always used to say we could never stay apart for long or go without speaking,
 you were always telling me we complete each other,
 yet you—how is it possible—you can remain perfectly fine alone, you feel no pain at all, beloved.