A crimson rose
From the lattice softly fell,
My love is at the lattice –
What has the rose to tell?
Ah! Only a rose may fall;
But to the happy lover
The rose tells all.

Within my rose
I sought and found a tear!
Like dew in the rose it lay,
And made love’s message clear.
Ah! Only a tear may fall;
But to the tender lover
The tear tells all.