Yes or no

All women act like this:

Today they don't love you, tomorrow they do.

They are as fickle as possible;

Today they adore you, tomorrow they don't.

Their poor lovers pass their days

In the hard uncertainty of a no or a yes.

So, my Phyllis, I want to hear

One clear syllable: either yes or no.

The ugly girls are afraid to be left behind,

So they immediately say yes;

And what can I from Phyllis possibly

Therefore expect other than a no?

Speak: a syllable ending in o or es...

Let the oracle choose no or yes.

But no: hold it... my heart can't take it;

It is better that I doubt, don't say me no.