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Oh, why are you shining so bright, big Sun, / And why is the garden so gay?
Do you know that my days of delight are done, / Do you know I am going away?
If you covered your face with a cloud, I'd dream / You were sorry for me in my pain, / And the heavily drooping flowers would seem / To be weeping with me in the rain.
But why is your head so low, sweet heart, / And why are your eyes overcast?
Are you crying because you know we must part, / Do you think this embrace is our last?
Then kiss me again, and again, and again, / Look up as you bid me good-bye!
For your face is too dear for the stain of a tear, / And your smile is the sun in my sky.