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| 1 | 1 | When the time comes that my cup is full, | When the time comes that my cup is full, |
| 2 | 2 | Goddess, spare me the sight | Goddess, spare me the sight |
| 3 | 3 | Father Time at my bedside, with neither tears nor regret, | of Father Time at my bedside belatedly, and with neither tears nor regret, |
| 4 | 4 | cutting the tiresomely drawn out thread of a life too long. | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Instead, | Instead, arm Love; Alas! He has always despised me |
| 7 | 7 | and I know too well his cruelty in wishing | |
| 8 | 8 | that from my heart, as its crowning achievement, | |
| 9 | 9 | may already have flowed | |
| 10 | my life’s blood on to the reddened earth. | ||
| 10 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 12 | But no! As I approach the evening of my life, | But no! As I approach the evening of my life, |
| 12 | 13 | let my Youth, with its laughter, appear to me, quietly, naked and lovely! | |
| 13 | 14 | May she hold a rose, whose petals she might p | May she hold a rose, whose petals she might pull off into the water; |
| 14 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 16 | I shall listen to the | I shall listen to the spring waters weeping their farewell |
| 16 | 17 | and, without there being any need for arrows or scythes, | |
| 17 | 18 | I shall close my eyes for the subterranean night. | I shall close my eyes for the subterranean night. |
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