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Your Love Never Left Me |
Your love never left me, |
I hungered and thirsted |
in the treacherous, dark night. |
My soul was a stranger, my soul was silent, |
my soul was shattered... |
And my hands were handcuffed, |
I was without tobacco or sleep, |
but your love never left me... |
Translated by Richard McKane |
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