The years of my youth, my sensual life --
how clearly I see their meaning now.
(Understanding)
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where will you find these in a satrapy;
and what life can you live without these.
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Maybe the light will be a new tyranny.
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Now that you've wasted your life here, in this small corner,
you've destroyed it everywhere in the world.
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I love the church: its labara,
its silver vessels, its candleholders,
the lights, the ikons, the pulpit.
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Through his flesh which is full of beauty
the heat of love passed;
without any silly shame for the form of the enjoyment.
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