Why, sweet, dear beloved

Why, sweet, dear beloved

Are you peevish with me,

Since you know the cruel pains

Which I suffer for you in my heart?

Bite me! Kiss me! Strike me! Embrace me!

Ah! Have pity! pity! pity!

Either take me in bondage,

Or give me freedom!

If I speak to you, you do not listen to me;

If I look at you, you look down;

But if I don't look, then you turn;

But if I don't speak, then you speak!