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    To You

    You, are despair and my strength,
you took all life I had of my own,
and because you demanded everything,
you gave it back a thousandfold.

    Translated into English by Jenny Nunn in "To a friend".

    Swedish original


    Copyright © 1997:
    Translation from Swedish into English: Jenny Nunn

    Published with the permission of:
    Jenny Nunn, translation.
    May and Hans Mehlin, Layout.         		 
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