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Yes, from the moment I saw you,
Fierce beauty, you pleased me;
The love I caught in your eyes
You noticed straightaway.
But with what cold air you received
All the care I took for you!
How many sighs I gave back!
How cruel you were!
And what profound disdain you had
For the vows I offered you!
In vain I prayed, I groaned;
In your hardness you knew
How to scorn all that I did;
Even one day I wrote you
A tender note that you read,
And I do not know how you could,
So coolly, see what I put there.
Ah! Did I have to see you?
Did you have to please me?
Did I have to say it so guilelessly?
Did you have to keep so proudly silent?
Did I have to love you?
Did you have to drive me to despair?
And did I have to persist
And did I have to idolize you
So that you might murder me?
Alphonse Allais
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