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THE DEATH OF MARIA MALIBRAN.
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Every day
the lovely daughter of the Sultan
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took a walk in the evening
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at the fountain
where the pale waters play.
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Daily stood the youthful slave,
in the evening
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at the fountain
where the pale waters play.
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Daily he grew pale and paler.
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Then one evening came
the princess to him,
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speaking rapid words:
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"Tell me what your name is,
where you come from, your clan!"
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And the slave spoke:
"know then Mohammed am I.
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I come from Yemen
and my clan is that of Asra,
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who must die
whenever they love."
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And my clan is that of Asra,
who must die whenever they love.
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The mad woman comes prancing
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vaguely remembering
something from her past.
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The children mock and stone her
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as if she were a blackbird.
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She raises her stick
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and threatens to pursue them
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but then she goes her way.
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On the way she loses a shoe,
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but she does not notice.
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Long spider legs
move about her neck,
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but it is just her hair.
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Her visage
has no human features
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and she suddenly
bursts out laughing
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like a hyena.
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She mumbles
scraps of phrases
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which very few could make sense of,
even if they were to try.
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Her skirt,
full of holes,
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jerks about her scrawny,
dirt-spattered legs.
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She goes on her way,
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borne away like a poplar leaf.
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She,
her youth,
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her hopes and former happiness,
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on which she looks back
through the mist of her mind,
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shattered by the turmoil
of unarmed powers.
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Her gracefulness is gone,
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her former beauty.
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Her gait is crude
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and her breath reeks of brandy.
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If people were happy on this earth,
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it would astonish us.
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The mad woman
reproaches no one.
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She is too proud
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to complain,
and will die
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without revealing her secret
to those who are interested in her.
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But she has forbidden them
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to address one word to her.
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The children pursue and stone her
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as if she were a blackbird.
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She has dropped a roll of paper
from her bosom.
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A stranger picks it up,
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locks himself up at night
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and reads the manuscript
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which runs as follows:
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But when you say
I love you
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my eyes are filled
with bitter tears.
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Let me
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in to you
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before it is
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too late.
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Your longing
means nothing to me.
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The apparition vanishes.
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I seek the laws.
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When you embrace me
I experience humility,
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and can bear without pain
your esteem of me.
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She is dead.
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Maria!
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I implore you, God of Love,
take her in your arms.
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A sailor dressed in white
walked along the road
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with the rolling gait
of a seaman.
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I looked at him
without really knowing why.
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He was much younger
than I had ever been,
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and more handsome and fairer.
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And his manliness
was so evident
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that I felt
a moment's pang.
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Our paths crossed,
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and as if he had seen
a tell-tale flicker in my eyes,
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he cast me a knowing,
inviting glance.
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Such a glance as he probably cast
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at any of those carefully made-up
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habitués of the cafés.
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If this glance
had lasted one more second
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words would surely
have been spoken
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like the usual thing:
Hey, baby, don't I know you?
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My face glowed
and my heart was in my mouth
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as I hurried on
and tried to stare in front of me.
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He had caught me unawares
for a moment
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because I had not
really thought of him,
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but of the letter in my pocket
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and of Helmut.
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As I crossed the street
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I wondered what
he could have seen in me.
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I was no longer so young
as to believe
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my walk or the way I held my hands
could have attracted him.
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No,
it had to be something else,
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something I dared not
look in the eye.
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For that would be
like looking into the dazzling sun!
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Something I dared not
look in the eye.
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For that would be
like looking into the dazzling sun!
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It was half past nine
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and he hoped
to be home by ten.
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It was very presumptuous of him
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to act as if he were sure
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of knowing the future.
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It was very presumptuous of him
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to act as if he were sure
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of knowing the future.
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Might some unforeseen obstacle
bar his path?
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And would such circumstances
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be so extraordinary
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that he dared interpret it
as an exception?
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Why does he not consider it rather
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an abnormal fact
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that so far he had been able
to feel free of unease,
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and happy,
so to speak?
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Indeed,
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with what right could he say
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he would reach home unharmed,
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if someone
watched and followed him
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as if he were their future prey?
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I long for you so much!
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I long for you so much!
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This means death for me.
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This means death for me.
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Judgments on people
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are more valuable
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than the people themselves.
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If I allow people
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to despise me
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they should not forget to say
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that this is all
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I can do for them.
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What shall I do now?
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What shall I do now?
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I should not have given him
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my love!
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He is dead!
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He is dead!
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Let's put it off till tomorrow.
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Let's put it off till tomorrow.
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Let's put it off till tomorrow.
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FEDERICO GARCIA,
MARIA MALIBRAN'S FATHER.
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God be with you.
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God be with you.
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Where are you bound?
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For Eisenstadt.
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Then we can
keep each other company.
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I think that for a young man
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the best way
of meeting his needs
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is to ply the needle.
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To bind the tread
of firm footwear
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is the noblest task
of a southerner.
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But it is my belief
that the article I deal in
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is equivalent to fine,
warm clothing.
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Clothing the naked is senseless,
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for I know that the tread
of he who wears my footwear
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is so firm
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that he needs no warmth.
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I would advise you
to get a stock of provisions.
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For my part, I shall obtain enough bread
in that hamlet.
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The way is short. We shall
reach our destination before dusk.
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I am not afraid, Hugo.
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You will regret it!
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If you give me
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one of your bright blue eyes
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I will give you
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something to eat.
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You may eat your fill
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but in return,
I will pluck out an eye.
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Where are we?
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In a place
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where you may finally rest.
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There is an alder by the pond.
A blue flower grows at its roots.
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Whoever makes a potion of it
and gives it to a sick man
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would soon make him whole.
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You know many things, but my science
is greater and could help many.
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In the capital they're dying of drought,
the fools!
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Yet they could have enough water.
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But how?
- Before the east gate stands a beech.
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A white horse browses on its leaves.
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Ride the horse
thrice around the market place
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so that sparks fly!
And you?
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All the blind
could see again at once
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if they washed their eyes
with this morning's dew!
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I can
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see again!
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If you give me one of your eyes...
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I don't know you.
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I have never been here before.
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I am a singer.
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You, too?
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I'm a singer, too.
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I'm a singer, too.
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Perhaps we shall meet again.
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IN THE YEAR 1814.
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When your foot slides over a frog,
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you feel disgust.
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But if you run your finger
just lightly over a human body,
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the skin of your finger will crack
like the scales of a slab of mica,
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shattered with a hammer.
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And like the heart of a shark,
already an hour dead,
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still beats on
the bridge tenaciously.
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Thus our innards still writhe
long after being touched,
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to the last fibers.
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So great is the horror
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inspired by man
in his fellow man.
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So great is the horror
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inspired by man
in his fellow man!
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The ancient temple of Denderah
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lies one and a half hours
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from the left bank of the Nile!
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Today,
countless multitudes of wasps
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have invaded the waters and roads
along the banks!
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They swarm about the columns
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like the dense waves
of a black head of hair!
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The only inhabitants
of the cold aisle,
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they guard
the entrance to the forecourts
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as if it were their inherited right!
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I compare the buzzing
of their metallic wings
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with the ceaseless grinding
of ice floes
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that clash during the ice thaw
in the Arctic seas!
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But when I think
of the behavior of him,
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whom providence granted
the throne of this earth,
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the three wing-tips of my pain
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resound with a louder buzzing!
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But he is dead.
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Maria,
he is dead,
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dead, dead,
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dead.
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EVEN HIS GRAVE IS HIDDEN FROM ME.
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TEN YEARS LATER.
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Can you
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imagine it?
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I am not aware of any guilt.
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I say it for the last time,
I'll not work with him anymore.
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But please,
I only want the best for you,
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the best for you.
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I cannot work
with Federico anymore.
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I do not want to,
nor can I.
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I can't!
- Please, Madame Malibran.
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You must sing.
- It's impossible!
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You promised.
- It is madness!
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It is madness to force me!
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Madame Malibran,
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your daughter
has just taken her own life.
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Now no one can compel you anymore
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but I tell you,
it's for your own good!
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You must do it,
even if only for my sake!
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Soon you will be
an angel in heaven.
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I shall die,
but my death will avenge me at least!
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I shall not die alone
and someone will follow me.
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Subtitles:
TITELWERK, Annie Grossjohann