1. I complained of my love to my friend,
Who said to me, "Do you not see

2. The moon, that sails through heaven's skies?"
I said "Yes." He said "Then seek it,

3. For it is like me in stature and worth."
"And if you obtain it, know you have obtained me.

4. But if you fail, then set your sight beyond me."
Thus both moons are hard for me to grasp—