Lyrics
Cleare or cloudie sweet as April showring,
Whether the weather is clear or cloudy, the atmosphere is as sweet as an April shower.
Smooth or frowning so is hir face to mee,
Her face is smooth or frowning, and it appears differently to me.
Pleasd or smiling like milde May all flowring,
Her mood is pleased or smiling, resembling the mild blossoming of May when the skies are like silk and meadows are like carpets.
When skies blew silke and medowes carpets bee,
Describes a beautiful scene with blue skies, silk-like clouds, and flowery meadows.
Hir speeches notes of that night bird that singeth,
Her words resemble the sweet notes of a night bird, though there might be some dissonance in the sweetness.
Who thought all sweet yet jarring notes outringeth.
Despite any dissonance, she surpasses it with her harmonious presence.
Hir grace like June, when earth and trees bee trimde,
Her grace is compared to June, a time when the earth and trees are well-groomed, reaching the pinnacle of complete beauty.
In best attire of compleat beauties height,
Her love, like summer days, is occasionally overshadowed by clouds of doubtful and wavering faith.
Hir love againe like sommers daies bee dimde,
Similar to how summer days can be dimmed by clouds, her love is affected by moments of uncertainty.
With little cloudes of doubtfull constant faith,
Her trust and doubt are compared to the interplay of rain and heat in the skies, with gentle thundering and lightning in her eyes.
Hir trust hir doubt, like raine and heat in Skies,
Gently thundring, she lightning to mine eies.
Describes the dynamic of trust and doubt in the relationship, akin to the interaction of rain and heat in the atmosphere.
Sweet sommer spring that breatheth life and growing,
Refers to the sweet spring of summer that brings life and growth to both weeds and herbs, symbolizing diverse experiences in life.
In weedes as into herbs and flowers,
Weeds and herbs represent both positive and negative aspects of life, each contributing to growth.
And sees of service divers sorts in sowing,
Describes the various services and experiences in life, some appearing positive (seeming) and some genuinely belonging to the person (being yours).
Some haply seeming and some being yours,
Metaphorically suggests the need for nourishment and care for positive aspects (rain on herbs and flowers) and neglect of negative aspects (letting weeds lack dew and starve).
Raine on your herbs and flowers that truly serve,
And let your weeds lack dew and duly starve.
Concludes with a metaphorical plea for positive elements to flourish and negative elements to wither.
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