1. And when she said to me, when I compared her face
To the full moon one day, though my path was narrow

2. "You compare me to the full moon, this is a decline
Measured by my worth, though I'm not the first you've wooed

3. Don't you see that the full moon, at its perfection
When the comparison's reached, goes back to a crescent

4. So no pride if you've compared my smile to the full moon
And my eyelids to magic, and my hair to the night's darkness