Willow Weep for Me
Whispers of Heartbreak: Willow's Melancholy Tale
Lyrics
Yes,
Expressing affirmation
Willow weep for me
Addressing the willow, asking it to weep
Willow weep for me
Repetition, emphasizing the plea to the willow
Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea
Instructing the willow to bend its green branches by the stream
Listen to my plea
Asking the willow to listen to the speaker's plea
Listen willow and weep for me
Reiterating the request for the willow to weep in response
Yes,
Affirmation
Gone my lovers dream
Acknowledging the loss of a lover's dream
Lovely summer dream
Describing the lost dream as lovely and associated with summer
Gone and left me here to weep my tears into the stream
Expressing the feeling of being left alone to weep by a stream
Sad as I can be
Conveying deep sadness
Hear me willow and weep for me
Asking the willow to hear and weep for the speaker
Oh,
Expressing a plea to the willow to whisper to the wind
Whisper to the wind
Describing love as a sin
And say that love's a sin
Desiring the heartbreak to be acknowledged by the wind
Leave my heart a-breaking, and making a moan
Describing the emotional pain of heartbreak
Murmur to the night to hide her starry light
Asking the night to hide its light to keep the speaker's solitude
So none will find me sighing, crying all alone
Expressing a desire to remain hidden while in sorrow
Oh,
Continuing the plea to the willow
Willow weep tree
Referring to the willow as a weeping tree
Weeping sympathy
Describing the willow's branches as bending down in sympathy
Bend your branches down along the ground and cover me
Instructing the willow to cover the speaker
When the shadows fall,
Describing the time when shadows fall
Bend over willow and weep for me
Asking the willow to weep for the speaker during this time
Whisper
Repeating the plea to the wind
To the wind and say that love is sin
Reiterating that love is perceived as a sin
Leave my heart a-breaking, and making a moan
Repeating the idea of heartbreak and moaning
Murmur to the night to hide her starry light
Reiterating the desire for the night to hide its light
So none will find me sighing and crying all alone
Expressing the wish to remain hidden while in sorrow
Yes,
Repeating the plea to the willow
Willow weep tree
Reiterating the willow as a weeping tree in sympathy
Weeping sympathy
Repeating the instruction for the willow to cover the speaker
Bend your branches down along
Repeating the image of bending branches along the ground
The ground and cover me
Reiterating the plea for coverage when shadows fall
When the shadows fall,
Describing the time when shadows fall
Bend over willow and
Reiterating the request for the willow to bend and weep
Weep for me
Repeating the plea for the willow to weep for the speaker
Yes
Affirmation, closing the lyrical expression
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