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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 of |
3 | 3 | Father Time at my bedside, with neither tears nor regret, | |
4 | 4 | cutting the tiresomely drawn out | Belatedly cutting the thread, so tiresomely drawn out, of a life too long. |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | 6 | Instead, a | Instead, call Love to arms; Alas! He has always despised me |
7 | 7 | And I know only too well his cruel wish | |
8 | 8 | That from my heart, as its crowning achievement, | |
9 | 9 | May already have flowed my life’s blood on to the reddened earth. | |
10 | my life’s blood on to the reddened earth. | ||
11 | 10 | ||
12 | 11 | But no! As I approach the evening of my life, | But no! As I approach the evening of my life, |
13 | 12 | Let my Youth, with its laughter, appear to me, quietly, unadorned and lovely! | |
14 | 13 | May she hold a rose, whose petals she might p | May she hold a rose, whose petals she might pick off and cast into the water; |
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16 | 15 | I shall listen to the | I shall listen to the fountain’s tearful farewell |
17 | 16 | And, without there being any need for arrows or sickles, | |
18 | 17 | I shall close my eyes for the subterranean night. | I shall close my eyes for the subterranean night. |
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