The Un-happiness of Memory

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Like a river gull you vanished from me in an instant,
like a river's bend you merged into another sea with a splash,
how shall I hide this scar of pain?

You who would grow restless if you didn't see me even once,
would bring jasmine from far, so far away, breathless, tucking it behind my ear,
when the wayward breeze would toss my hair, you'd brush it aside and kiss my forehead,
where else will I find such tenderness?

Just to hear my voice once, you would call a hundred times,
fearing I'd suffer in the harsh sun, you'd shade me with your hand above my head,
knowing I loved moonlight, every full moon evening you'd take me out to watch the sky,
where else will I find such boundless love?

No one has ever held my hand so firmly when crossing the street,
no one has ever waited for me like you, standing hour after hour at that station when I'd return home,
no one in all of life has ever loved me so perfectly as you did.

Tell me, what virtue should I have practiced in life
so I wouldn't have had to lose someone like you?