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Song of a Man Gone Back to Prison
- I never thought that my heart
- would be able to force me back
- into the prison of passion
- I had only lately departed.
- It forced on me a new love
- and forced on me a new lady,
- I guess to make me a martyr!
- Having once suffered great pain
- because of a lady I loved,
- I thought I could never be moved
- to fall in love yet again,
- but I've been forced by my eyes
- and the beauty in hers that shine,
- and her worthiness and a song
- I heard her sing when her hair
- was uncovered. O fateful day!
- I wish I'd been given death
- instead of having to bear
- this pain in my heart, severe
- to the point I sincerely fear
- I must die or my love declare.
[English version by Richard Zenith]
