translation.ar: كتب هذه القصيدة إلى حبيبته، مود جون وكان يندب كونه لا يمكنه حقاً أن يعطيها ما اعتقد أنها تريده منه.
translation.en: He wrote this to his love, Maud Gonne, and he was bewailing the fact that he couldn't really give her what he thought she wanted from him.