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[curiosus002]

Lyrics by J Slauerhoff

Doomed to a life of sadness
Are all that love too much;
Never yet has my heart withstood
The love that brings great grief.

My tortured heart again sought peace
In vain at your breast,
My heart that seeks solace for burning thirst
And is not slaked by desire.

We must ever suffer and pay
For everything we do,
Until lust for the last sweet
Caress perishes in death.

However long the embrace,
The time is one day past;
So can this hellish
Accursed passion never be killed?

I know well that love is sin
And so I too have got my punishment.
I am bound forever
To one who never cared for me.

I accepted much a caress,
It's true,
But my love never was satisfied,
That cannot be, for sure.

I know well we must suffer and pay
For everything we do,
Until lust for the last sweet
Caress perishes in death.

However long the embrace,
The time is one day past;
So can this hellish
Accursed passion never be killed?