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Song of a Lover Asking Favor
- – On a fateful day, dear lady, I heard
- you speak and first laid eyes on you.
- – Tell me, friend, since you are hurting,
- what, by God's grace, I can do?
- – Will you show me your favor, lady?
- – I'll do what I can do, my friend.
- – Ever since I heard you speak,
- dear lady, I've only known despair.
- – Friend, what is it you seek
- from me that might relieve your cares?
- – Will you show me your favor, lady?
- – I'll do what I can do, my friend.
- – To see and hear you speak, dear lady,
- took pleasure, peace and sleep from me.
- – So tell me, friend, God allowing,
- what I can do, for I've no idea.
- – Will you show me your favor, lady?
- – I'll do what I can do, my friend.
[English version by Richard Zenith]
