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Oh, my love, love of my soul, breath of my heart! what do I care for the world when your eyes love me?



My world, that is you.



And you are the soul of my life. When last night it seemed that the end of the world was approaching with din and turmoil, I though only of you. Only for you was I afraid. I yearned only to be able to protect you, or to die in your embrace.



I, too, thought only of you. It seemed as if the earth were bursting and the whole universe were falling to pieces. I said to myself: Protect us, God; let us meet again while we are still alive. Or, if I am to die here alone, permit our souls to meet again on some blue or pink star!



Oh, my darling! But we have not died. The city and the people are all alive, and everything is the same as it was yesterday. I should like to be with you far away from here; I should like to be with you on a new earth, where there are no people, only we two with our love, in a new paradise, far from this city and the people, only we two, happy and alone.

(in his embrace):

Dearest, how happy I should be with you far, far from here.

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