Why are you weeping?

One sultry ev'ning in the forest

Awaiting him with tearful eyes,

To my ears through the leafy silence

Came these words in a tender tone:

Why do you weep, weep, O lovely maiden?

If he forgets, forget him too.

The heart of man is false and faithless;

But my love is forever true.

Soon in the radiance of the moonlight

There broke upon my wond'ring gaze

A being of such perfect beauty

He seemed to come down from the sky;

Why do you weep, weep, O lovely maiden?

If he forgets, forget him too.

The heart of man is false and faithless;

But my love is forever true.