Love is a Fire that Burns Unseen
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Konkurs:
Love Poetry
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Złożone przez:
Vasco
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Author:
Luís vaz de Cam?es
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Translation:
Richard Zenith
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Love is a fire that burns unseen,
a wound that aches yet isn?t felt,
an always discontent contentment,
a pain that rages without hurting,
a longing for nothing but to long,
a loneliness in the midst of people,
a never feeling pleased when pleased,
a passion that gains when lost in thought.
It?s being enslaved of your own free will;
it?s counting your defeat a victory;
it?s staying loyal to your killer.
But if it?s so self-contradictory,
how can Love, when Love chooses,
bring human hearts into sympathy?