by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Le doux mal
Language: French (Français)
N’avoir jamais qu’une pensée,
Et n'éprouver qu’un sentiment;
Avoir toujours l'âme oppressée
Par un chagrin plein d’agrément:
Voir et sentir toujours de même,
Matin et soir, et nuit et jour:
Voilà comme on est quand on aime!
Voilà le mal qu’on nomme amour!
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The sweet ache", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The sweet ache
Language: English after the French (Français)
To have but one thought,
And to experience but one feeling;
To have always a soul oppressed
By a sorrow full of pleasure:
To see and feel always the same,
Morning and evening, and night and day:
This is how one is when one loves!
This is the ache we call love!
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