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Let Him Talk
- – Sister, today I saw
- your sweetheart speaking
- with another. Whether
- their aim was pure or ill,
- Lord forgive me, I'm unsure.
- – Sister, let him talk if he please:
- I'm his, and so I'll be.
- I've made him mine; no girl
- in the world, however
- devoted she may be,
- can divide us – that's death's due.
- – I fear what will be rended
- is your heart: I know his kind,
- and I know who you are –
- a believer in his love,
- which will leave you worse off,
- I'm telling you.
- – No, he loves me truly.
- I'm of him, as he's of me, a part;
- only death can split us up.
- I know this, and so assured,
- that he has my blessing,
- should he speak with every girl.
- – In your trust, I sense loss:
- I swear to God, I've heard
- other women's plots
- to steal from you your love.
- – Never – the power isn't his or hers.
[English version by Adam Mahler]
