Sit Smiling

 I boasted among men that I had known you. 
They see your pictures in all works of mine. 
They come and ask me, `Who is he?' 
I know not how to answer them. I say, `Indeed, I cannot tell.' 
They blame me and they go away in scorn. 
And you sit there smiling. 

I put my tales of you into lasting songs. 
The secret gushes out from my heart. 
They come and ask me, `Tell me all your meanings.' 
I know not how to answer them. 
I say, `Ah, who knows what they mean!' 
They smile and go away in utter scorn. 
And you sit there smiling.

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