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!