REWARDS.BECAUSE you cried, I kissed you, and,Ah me! how should I understandThat piteous little you were fainTo cry and to be kissed again?Because you smiled at last, I thoughtThat I had found what I had sought.But soon I found, without a doubt,No man can find a woman out.I kissed your tears, and did not stayTill I had kissed them all away.Ah, hapless me! ah, heartless child!She would not kiss me when she smiled.
BECAUSE you cried, I kissed you, and,Ah me! how should I understandThat piteous little you were fainTo cry and to be kissed again?
Because you smiled at last, I thoughtThat I had found what I had sought.But soon I found, without a doubt,No man can find a woman out.
I kissed your tears, and did not stayTill I had kissed them all away.Ah, hapless me! ah, heartless child!She would not kiss me when she smiled.