Forever!

I know that I may not think of you,

Not murmur your name,

That I do wrong by writing this,

That my invocation is criminal,

That I may hope for nothing more;

I know that your heart

Has turned utterly indifferent towards me;

That I am forced to keep away from you,

That I may not even greet you

If I meet you... Is it not so?!

I know... And such a hard fate

Causes me cruel pain... But I also know

That everything conquers that is as strong

(Thus speaks the Bible) as death,

And thus I feel and shall I feel.

Our madness lasted only for a moment

But it was so intense

That, like a sharp acid,

It penetrated my soul and etched in it

A very deep mark.

Oh! the certainty consternates me

That I shall never be happy! Never!

Yearning alone shall rule me...

I keep an eternal remembrance of you

In this indelible scar.