Rondeau No 2

No one will know how brightly she smiled That it charmed her parents and beguiled Those who loved her near home where she thrived How she sang and danced, so full of life How her innocent thoughts touched the world. From now on, it will remain untold What deeds they did, what insults they hurled At her that caused an act of suicide; No one will know ... We have lost a beautiful child; A destiny was rendered unfulfilled. What she might have accomplished with her life Who would have made her his precious wife If she would have prospered and grown old No one will know ...