I live, I die, I burn, I drown br I endure at once chill and cold br Life is at once too soft and too hard br I have sore troubles mingled with joys br br Suddenly I laugh and at the same time cry br And in pleasure many a grief endure br My happiness wanes and yet it lasts unchanged br All at once I dry up and grow green br br Thus I suffer love's inconstancies br And when I think the pain is most intense br Without thinking, it is gone again. br br Then when I feel my joys certain br And my hour of greatest delight arrived br I find my pain beginning all over once again.