from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Maudit amour ! Raison sévère !
Language: French (Français) 
Maudit amour ! Raison sévère !
A qui des deux dois-je ceder
Montrez-moi donc ce qui'il faut faire
Et tâchez de vous accorder.

L'une me dit " Arrête, arrête !
Le repentir suivra la fête !"
L'autre à son tour me fait la loi ;
Et m 'y raméne malgré moi.

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Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Wisdom  and Love both now assail me,
   On which shall I, poor mortal, decide?
Help me ye gods! Oh! do not fail me!
   For by your choice I will abide.
Wisdom with visage cold arrests me,
   "Thou wilt repent the feast, I warn thee,"
Then Love appears with all his wiles
   And leads me on with rosy smiles.

Since then that Love is so alluring,
   But Wisdom is the more enduring,
Why do ye not your pow'rs unite
   And put my torments all to flight?
Wisdom and Love both now assail me,
   On which shall I, poor mortal, decide?
Help me ye gods! Oh! do not fail me!
   For by your choice I will abide.

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