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I Get Even
- I'm grief and girlish softness–
- my lover left in anger,
- but I swear on my honor,
- I have no forgiveness:
- if he hoped to gain by leaving,
- he'll learn – I get even.
- Mother, he never explained
- why he left with such malice
- in his heart – but I promise,
- upon my father's name:
- if he hoped to gain by leaving,
- he'll learn – I get even.
- Though I've suffered for his sake–
- and though you beat me, dear mother,
- you who hate me for my lover,
- I swear on my maidenhood:
- if he hoped to gain by leaving,
- he'll learn – I get even.
[English version by Adam Mahler]
