There lacks a happy plain that I can see.
Beyond the woodland is she in a dream.
All waking sleepers dance for only thee.
You sit there quietly; girl, you still beam.
They are hurting every good man who looks
Your way; I’m already unconscious.
So, tuck me away in a shed while crooks
Come out for me instead; let’s be cautious.
Call me, but don’t you dare haul me away!
Solve me, but don’t dissolve me in disdain!
Love me, and fulfill me in every way!
Train me, yet don’t distain me from the pain!
How could you ever with profound truth hate?
Your radiance speaks through a tongue so lame.
I seek only a pure heart that will sate
All my longing for a girl who I name:
Queen of the swaying lute, and all that play -
Master of simple words that kindly flay.
Beyond the woodland is she in a dream.
All waking sleepers dance for only thee.
You sit there quietly; girl, you still beam.
They are hurting every good man who looks
Your way; I’m already unconscious.
So, tuck me away in a shed while crooks
Come out for me instead; let’s be cautious.
Call me, but don’t you dare haul me away!
Solve me, but don’t dissolve me in disdain!
Love me, and fulfill me in every way!
Train me, yet don’t distain me from the pain!
How could you ever with profound truth hate?
Your radiance speaks through a tongue so lame.
I seek only a pure heart that will sate
All my longing for a girl who I name:
Queen of the swaying lute, and all that play -
Master of simple words that kindly flay.