The wine we really drink

From Chapter 1: THE TAVERN
Quatrain 1301
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Sometimes we are troubled in the pursuit of union, sometimes we are in the fire of separation's toil.  
When this "I" and "you" are cleansed from us, then we will be happy without "I" and "you."

Barks Interpretation

The wine we really drink is our own blood.