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My heart shrivels dry, blackened rose in bitter anguish, ... Do you feel my pain? Why must the flame of day dwindle dim? O' fortune, like the moon, changeable, waxing and waning Oppressing me, first with power's soothing stroke To take it all away! Poverty of my spirit lies in love's immortal wake Why fate of fortune, cruel regard, forsaken me? Vain, and shadowed, I waver between the balance Such agony is mine! Day and night, everything defies me? Great is my grief! One cure, escape me from the throes of my misery !! I beg, the Gods... hear my wail, hear my plea Would fate be cured by kiss, one look, one sign, devotion? ! This wretchedness is black, I taste bitter ash! Keep dark night hidden in the depth of your heart, o' moon !! I am like a leaf, played with by the wind I am like a light hovering bird, chains cannot bind me !! Salvation comes with desire, one touch Do not turn the eyes away...! I cannot be shamed! Torment me not, o' heartless moon!! Wheel of fortune spins my heart...I beg to win love's prize !! Without it, I will bemoan the wounds of fortune with weeping eyes .... and I am cursed as I fall from the peak of glory.... into the depths of the valley of despair !! ________________________________________ protogothic entry: for Amy's Contest: ________________________________________ Inspired by the classical music, "Carmina Burana" A cantata, written between l935-36 by German composer Carl Orff. This passionate work was based on ancient poems hand-scribed in Latin...these parchment manuscripts discovered in a Bavarian monastery in l803. They were believed to have been written by students of the clergy (monks) sometime during the 11-13th century. This familiar music has been used in numerous film scores..quite dramatic and powerful
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