If Thou Must Love Me
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say
'I love her for her smile…her look…her way
Of speaking gently, … for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certs brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'-
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee, -and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry,
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfot long, and lose thy love thereby.
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.
If Thou Must Love MeLRC歌词
[00:07.52]If thou must love me, let it be for nought
[00:10.72]Except for love’s sake only. Do not say
[00:14.75]'I love her for her smile…her look…her way
[00:17.74]Of speaking gently, … for a trick of thought
[00:20.51]That falls in well with mine, and certs brought
[00:23.59]A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'-
[00:26.86]For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
[00:29.44]Be changed, or change for thee, -and love, so wrought,
[00:34.76]May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
[00:38.15]Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry,
[00:42.35]A creature might forget to weep, who bore
[00:44.47]Thy comfot long, and lose thy love thereby.
[00:48.90]But love me for love’s sake, that evermore
[00:52.42]Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.
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