1. He says, when he sees me, as if
None but he stirs my affections.

2. Yet he knows not if I complain,
Though my devotion proves his reign.

3. They said, “Has the new moon eclipsed him?
The slender crescent denies him her light.”

4. He is unkind, and cares not for me.
I said to them, “Not so; he shuns me

5. Lest the youth should say, when he sees
The new moon, “Yes, just as I see her.”