Forgive me, I beg,
Forgive me, I plead,
Forgive me now,
for this wretched soul.
Lips to the eyes I pressed,
Lips to the eyes I pressed,
Thinking them the wine's embrace,
Forgive me, I pray.
How can my tongue
tell tales of sorrow's sting?
How can my tongue
tell tales of sorrow's sting?
Read my gaze, instead,
as the heart's own book,
Read my gaze, instead,
as the heart's own book,
Forgive me, I pray.
If you have forgotten, forgotten,
If you have forgotten,
the measure of your cruelties,
the measure of your cruelties,
Look at me closely then,
as the ledger of the soul,
Look at me closely then,
as the ledger of the soul,
Forgive me, I pray.
Though promises are forbidden,
you are the noblest,
Though promises are forbidden,
you are the noblest,
Quench the thirst of desire,
knowing it is youth's work,
Quench the thirst of desire,
knowing it is youth's work,
Forgive me, I pray.
In the final reckoning, God, spare me,
God, spare me,
In the final reckoning, God,
do not demand of me
the account of good and ill,
the account of good and ill,
I have forgotten it all,
as a dream of the night,
I have forgotten it all,
as a dream of the night,
Lips to the eyes I pressed,
Thinking them the wine's embrace,
Forgive me, I pray.
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