Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend pg. 60

Verse Dedicated to a Sad Girlfriend

Oh, if I were able- for your consolation

I would give [you] the charm of angelic sweetness

I would change your bitter tears into a smile

And free [your] soul of cares and bitterness

Oh, if I could, with a little song, drive away the clouds

That cast shadows of sadness on the youthful days of your life

I would write my song with the angelic chorus

[And] sing to you pleasure, hope, freedom

Your sad soul? May God help you

May the star of hope break through these shadows

May happiness brighten up your grief

May it sincerely lead [you] out of the storm, the lightning

            There are cares, thorns and pains aplenty in this life

            And more than openly, tears flow in secret

Loose Verses pg. 59

Loose Verses

In this world, already today

Everyone knows this

That when the wife is a candle

Then the husband is just a wick

            The more the wife desires to shine

            In this world

            At that time she sinks[1] [her] husband’s money

            Into [her] purse

A wife’s tongue- even in a pretty [wife]

Is many a time foolish

It’s a windmill that

Grinds grain to no purpose

            But the tongue, more than the windmill

            Usually takes the lead

            When it grinds and crushes

            Even when there’s no wind!

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[1] i.e “puts”