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    You Are My Purest Comfort

    You are my purest comfort,
my most steadfast shelter,
you are the best I have,
for nothing hurts as much as you.

No, nothing hurts as you.
You ache like ice and fire,
you cut like steel my  soul -
you are the best I have.

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

    Swedish original


    Copyright © 1997:
    Translation from Swedish into English: Jenny Nunn
    Swedish original: Ulf Boye

    Published with the permission of:
    Jenny Nunn, translation.
    Ulf Boye, copyright of the Swedish original.
    May and Hans Mehlin, Layout.