I wish I would not have met you, so that I could not have fallen in love with you.
I wish I would not have known you, so that I would not think of you.
I wish I would not have accompanied you, so that I could not have had owed you.
I wish I would not have cherished you, so that I would not miss you.
I wish I would not have fallen in love with you, so that I would not desert you.
I wish I would not have confronted you, so that I would not have to see you.
I wish I would not have wasted your time, so that I could not have disappointed you.
I wish I would not have agreed to marry you, so that I would not have continued to love you.
I wish I would not have relied on you, so that I could not have cuddled with you.
I wish I would not have encountered you, so that I would not have a reunion with you.
Nonetheless I met you and I became acquainted with you, there is more suffer when I see you than not seeing.
How could I say good bye to you, yet I have to, so that I will not miss you terribly.
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Translated from a famous poem by the young Dalai Lama VI wrote in 17th century
