Originally posted by: skcp
translation...
if only these tresses of yours are unbound and free
if only this night's fate changed
the first two lines indicate a symbolic meaning- life is tangled and bound like a plait (of the lover the poet is addressing),the poet wishes it could be untangled and freed
and wishes for his loneliness which is like the dark night to end
just as your presence temporarily held me
if only it would hold me my all life
the said lover had once been the poets support and strength
he wishes to live with those memories forever indicate either the lover is no more or has left him betrayed
what the world would say of rights and wrongs
if only this burden would lessen
the poet condemns himself and the world for its views on right and wrong bcoz those views make him feel guilty and burdened both by the past and his inability to let go of it even though he should
yes you have destroyed me
if only i could blame some one else
the poet finally agrees the his lover had destroyed him(intentional or no) but laments if it were only someone else.
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well i tried dont know how good the interpretation is