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"Oh tell me once and tell me twice / And tell me thrice to make it plain, / When we who part this weary day, / When we who part shall meet again."
"When windflowers blossom on the sea / And fishes skim along the plain, / Then we who part this weary day, / Then you and I shall meet again."
"Yet tell me once before we part, / Why need we part who part in pain? / If flowers must blossom on the sea, / Why, we shall never meet again.
"My cheeks are paler than a rose, / My tears are salter than the main, / My heart is like a lump of ice / If we must never meet again."
"Oh weep or laugh, but let me be, / And live or die, for all's in vain; / For life's in vain since we must part, / And parting must not meet again
"Till windflowers blossom on the sea, / And fishes skim along the plain; / Pale rose of roses let me be, / Your breaking heart breaks mine again. "