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I love summer, the season of flowers, |
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When the birds sing beneath the bloom; |
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But I consider winter more pleasing, |
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For more enjoyment is accorded me; |
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And when one sees one’s source of joy |
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It is right and proper |
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That one should be more charming and cheerful. |
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Now I have joy and am happy, |
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And my honor has been restored, |
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And never will I go elsewhere, |
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And I will not seek others’ winnings, |
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For now I know indeed |
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That whoever waits is wise, |
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And whoever frets is a fool. |
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III |
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I have long been in distress, |
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And troubled about my situation |
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For never was I so soundly asleep |
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That I could not awake from fright; |
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But now I see, think, and feel |
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That I have come through this ordeal, |
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And I never want to return to it. |
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All those whom I have obeyed |
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Have great respect for me, |
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For I am back again with my happiness, |
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And praise her and God and them for it; |
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They now have their thanks and their reward, |
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And whatever I may have said about it, |
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There I stay and there am satisfied. |
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But because I have departed from this [torment], |
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I will never believe a flatterer; |
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For I never was so alienated from love |
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That now with it I am not healthy and healed; |
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A wiser man than I can err, |
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Therefore I know well indeed |
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That true love never betrayed anyone. |
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VI |
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I should have gone to bed clothed |
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Rather than been naked under the covers, |
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And I can call for you as testimony |
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The night that I was attacked; |
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It will always cause me pain, |
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For they ran away laughing, |
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And I still sigh and dream about it. |
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VII |
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But I myself am troubled |
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And bewildered about one thing: |
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45 |
Everything the brother denies me |
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I hear the sister grant; |
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And yet no one has so much of the sense |
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That one can commonly have, |
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That one shouldn’t lean in some direction. |
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VIII |
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In the month of April, at Eastertime, |
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When the birds begin their sweet cries, |
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Then do I wish my song to be heard: |
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So learn it, singers! |
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And you should all together know |
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That I consider myself rich and well-off |
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Because I have cast off a senseless burden. |
