Kind shade, o' melancholy deity, Draw near, and take this joy away from me, For it perturbs my heart's soft quietude Goddess... Do not deprive, o' Nymph, my inward mood Of the sweet sadness of your company, For she must sigh for you unceasingly Whose only solace in your love's imbued Goddess... Goddess... Without her sorrow piercing deeper still Pay heed, o' Nymph, to what I beg you For she must sigh for you unceasingly Whose only solace in your love's imbued Delay the moment not a moment more, The sweet sad days that I so sadly fill Goddess...