A Smile And A Sigh lyrics

A smile because the nights are short!
         And every morning brings such pleasure
Of sweet love-making, harmless sport:
         Love that makes and finds its treasure;
         Love, treasure without measure.

A sigh because the days are long!
         Long, long these days that pass in sighing,
A burden saddens every song:
         While time lags which should be flying,
         We live who would be dying.