They bid us love, they bid us woo,
Why seek delay?
To tender sighs and kisses too
In youth’s fair day,
Our hearts are but too true.
The sweetest charms has Cupid’s spell.
No sooner felt, the ready heart
His conquered self would yield him well
Ere yet the god had winged his dart.
But yet the tale we often hear
Of tears and sorrows keen,
To share in them, I ween,
Though sweet, would make us fear!
3rd Moorish Woman.
To love a lover true,
In youth’s kind day, I trow,
Is pleasant task enow;
But think how we must rue
If he inconstant show!
4th Moorish Woman.
The loss of lover false to me
But trifling grief would be,
Yet this is far the keenest smart
That he had stol’n away our heart.
2nd Moorish Woman.
What then shall we do
Whose hearts are so young?
4th Moorish Woman.
Though cruel his laws,
Attended by woes,
Away with your arms,
Submit to his charms!