[Lingo] 会うは別れのはじめ。 We never meet without parting.

[steve smith <sjs@example.com>]

Hi all

I found this sentence among the Tanaka Corpus examples on WWWJDIC.  The 
translation doesn't make sense to me.  In fact the sentence doesn't make 
sense.  I know all the words I think, so there's something I'm missing.

会うは別れのはじめ。:
合う　To meet
は　　Topic marker
別れ　Parting, separation
の　　Explanatory marker(?)
はじめ　Begining, start

How does this become "We never meet without parting."

Thanks

Steve S.