When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.

My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
[Fr., Mes malheurs sont combles, mais ma vertu read more

My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
[Fr., Mes malheurs sont combles, mais ma vertu me reste.]

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Tears are words the heart can't express

Tears are words the heart can't express

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.

How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.