Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
I would have left everything
For faithless Sylvia,
But she left me and took another lover.
Love's pleasure lasts but a moment
Love's sorrow lasts all throughout life.
"As long as the water flows gently
To the stream that borders the meadow,
I will love you", repeated Sylvia to me.
The water still flows,
But she has changed.