Songfest: III. Three Ensembles: 2. Trio: To My Dear And Loving Husband Songtext
von Leonard Slatkin

If ever two were one, then surely
We were ever man that loved by wife
Than thee, fairer maid, was not ever
Man compared to thee, fairer lady
Ye women, if you can
I prize thy love more than all mines are old
Or all the riches that the East doth know
My love is such that riches cannot quench
Nor aught but love from thee give remembrance My love is such I can no way repay
But empty heart in thee doth own the day
When I thee first beheld, and saw thy shape
That when we with you were, we made evil love
If ever two were one, then surely
We were ever man that loved by wife
Than thee, fairer maid, was not ever
Man compared to thee, fairer lady
Ye women, if you can