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Love and Death
(Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785-1815))
Hear the words of a dying man,
hear the last sound:
this faded flower
I leave to you, Elvira.
How precious it is
you must know:
the day you became mine,
I stole it from your bosom.
Then a symbol of affection,
now it is a pledge of sorrow:
put back on your breast
this faded flower.
And you will have engraved on your heart,
if your heart is not hard,
not as it was stolen from you,
but as returned to you.
Love and Death
(Giovanni Antonio Luigi Redaelli (1785-1815))
Hear the words of a dying man,
hear the last sound:
this faded flower
I leave to you, Elvira.
How precious it is
you must know:
the day you became mine,
I stole it from your bosom.
Then a symbol of affection,
now it is a pledge of sorrow:
put back on your breast
this faded flower.
And you will have engraved on your heart,
if your heart is not hard,
not as it was stolen from you,
but as returned to you.
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