The poem describes a solitary woman singing a song by a lake while the poet listens. Her sad and beautiful song fills the poet's soul with melancholy and a sense of loneliness, even though he does not understand the words. The poet is moved by the song and wonders what could be the cause of her sadness that she sings with such feeling alone in the wilderness.

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