Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

The speaker reframes parting not as an ending but as a necessary interval within an ongoing relationship. “Goodbyes” are presented as a structural feature of friendship: separation creates the conditions for reunion, and the bond between true friends is imagined as durable enough to outlast both short absences (“moments”) and long ones (“lifetime”). The assurance that meeting again is “certain” suggests a quasi-spiritual faith in connection that transcends ordinary time and distance, a theme often associated with Bach’s inspirational fiction. The quote functions as consolation—encouraging emotional steadiness at leave-taking by shifting attention from loss to continuity and return.