O dearest, canst thou tell me why <br />The rose should be so pale? <br />And why the azure violet <br />Should wither in the vale? <br /> <br />And why the lark should in the cloud <br />So sorrowfully sing? <br />And why from loveliest balsam-buds <br />A scent of death should spring? <br /> <br />And why the sun upon the mead <br />So chillingly should frown? <br />And why the earth should, like a grave, <br />Be moldering and brown? <br /> <br />And why it is that I myself <br />So languishing should be? <br />And why it is, my heart of hearts, <br />That thou forsakest me?<br /><br />Heinrich Heine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-the-roses-are-so-pale/
