Amour fou Page #2

- They would have to be freed by force.

- Exactly.

How should a serf, who knows nothing

but bondage, survive on his own!

It will be his downfall.

And yet...

I would rather be free and face my

downfall than remain in bondage.

I would not.

I am my husband's property, and I

should never dare to demand freedom.

Our government's attempt to reform

the state according to French ideas

is a mockery of our understanding

of justice and injustice.

What they call equality

is really injustice,

and what they call

freedom is a trick.

Whereas the feudal state has

developed in Prussia over centuries

and represents

the natural order.

Why should we abandon it?

In exchange for the shortsighted

ideas of some dreamers,

who claim to be Republicans

or even Democrats?

Dreamers who have apparently not

noticed that the revolt in France failed!

A violet in the meadow stood

With humble brow,

demure and good

It was the sweetest violet

There came along

a shepherdess

With youthful step

and happiness

Who sang

Who sang along the way

This song

Oh! thought the violet

How I pine for nature's

beauty to be mine

Oh, if only for a moment

For then my love

might notice me

And on her bosom

fasten me

I wish

I wish if only for

a moment long

But, cruel fate!

The maiden came

Without a glance

or care for it

She trampled

down the violet

It sank and died

But happily

And so I die

Then let me die for her

For her

Beneath her darling feet

Poor little violet

It was the sweetest violet

Thank you, thank you.

Oh, please...

Of course,

I am no Frau von Krahl.

I'm just...

Bravo.

First... I do not wish to

keep this secret from you.

I love another.

You know her, I believe.

A lady of high society

and of noble education.

However,

this love has not

been reciprocated.

What can be worse than being rejected?

It makes me feel lonelier than ever.

When love is not reciprocated,

love dies.

I'm searching for an individual

who does return my love

and will share with me

the wish I hold so dear.

However, that particular lady has

refused to comply with this wish of mine.

- And so I no longer love her.

- You speak of marriage?

Not exactly.

It is in fact something else.

And now it appears to me that

you may be more right for this.

I'm falling in love with you.

Unless you are not...

It may sound odd, but I am

not looking for a partner in life.

But rather in death.

Are you ill?

One might say that.

My soul is ill with

weariness and solitude.

It's the fault of my

foolish disposition,

that can only enjoy

what cannot be.

I'm no good at life,

but I don't want to die alone,

without love.

So I seek the joy of

finding a kindred soul

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