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THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES

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Directed and written by
Sergei PARADJANOV

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Music by T. MANSOURlAN

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Poet as a youth, poet's love,

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Angel of Resurrection,

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Poet's muse and mime

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played by S. CHlAURELl

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Poet as a child: S. ALEKlAN

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Poet in the cloister: V. GALSTlAN

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Poet as an old man: G. GUEGUETSKORl

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The prince: H. MlNASSlAN

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This film is not
the life story of a poet.

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Rather, the film maker has tried

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to recreate the poet's inner world,

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through the trepidations of his soul,

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widely utilizing the

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symbolism and allegories

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specific to Medieval
Armenian poet-troubadours.

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I am the man whose life
and soul are torture.

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I am the man whose life
and soul are torture.

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I am the man whose life
and soul are torture.

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I am the man whose life
and soul are torture.

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In the beginning,

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God created heaven and earth.

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On the sixth day,

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God said:

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"Now we shall create man
according to Our image

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"and likeness."

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According to His image,

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God created Man.

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And the Lord God created man
from the dust of the earth,

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and blew into him the breath of
life and Man became a living soul.

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And God put the man he created

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in the Garden of Eden

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so that Man would till the earth

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and tend the Garden.

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And the Lord instructed
him and said:

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Many have come ahead of me,

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and having vaguely known
this amazing world

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they have extinguished
and expired ahead of me.

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Books must be well kept and read,

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for books are Soul and Life.

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Without books,

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the world would have
witnessed nothing but ignorance.

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You should read aloud
for the people,

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for their souls,

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since many are unable
to read what is written.

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From the colors and aromas
of this world,

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my childhood made a poet's lyre
and offered it to me.

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I bow before you.

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Saint George, we implore you,

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let your good fortune
spread over our family.

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Along with your white horse,
be a stronghold for our people.

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Give prosperity to this family,

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give them good thoughts
and prosperity.

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We were searching for ourselves
in each other...

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The river has
overflown its banks...

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In this healthy and beautiful life,

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my share has been
nothing but suffering.

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Why has it been given to me?

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We were searching for a place
of refuge for our love,

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but instead, the road led us
to the land of the dead.

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You abandoned us and went away,

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but we the living,
we wrapped you

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in a cocoon

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so in your new world you would
burst out like a butterfly.

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How am I to protect my
wax-built castles of love

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from the devouring heat
of your fires?

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You are fire.

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Your dress is...

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You are fire.

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Your dress is...

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You are fire.

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Your dress is fire.

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You are fire.

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Your dress is black.

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Which of these fires
can I endure?

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Go and find a shelter
in selfless love.

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I will go and search the
monasteries one by one.

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What is your name?

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Aroutin...

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Lord, have mercy.

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Remember, Lord,
and have mercy.

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O Christ, son of God,
good and forgiving,

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in your love,
have mercy on your servant's soul,

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the late Aroutin
who has joined you.

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Remember him
on the day ofyour Advent,

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grant him
the remission of his sins...

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Beautiful one, come quickly,
quickly come, o beautiful one

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Jamal, come on, faster...

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He put Eve's hand
into Adam's one, and Adam said:

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"She is bone of my bones,
flesh of my flesh,

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"Woman, taken out of Man.

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"A man leaves his parents
and cleaves unto his wife,

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"and their souls will be
one flesh for ever."

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Godfather, what's his name?

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Aroutin.

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The child Aroutin
has come to be baptized.

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Do it in the name of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.

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By grace of the blood of Christ,

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welcome him in the Father's
Kingdom of Heaven.

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Let him be the heir to Christ

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and the temple
of the living God.

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Aroutin!

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Brothers of mine
in soul and blood,

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heaven has sent upon us to this
world, grief... grief...

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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
grief, inconsolable grief...

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has been sent to us
from heaven today.

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On this night of revelations
at Etchmiadzin,

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died our Saint Father Lazarus,

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Catholicos of all Armenians,

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the greatest of men
and prelates.

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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
the grief...

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heaven has sent upon us...

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From this world,
we come to you, my Lord,

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as a crowd of innocent victims.

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Brothers of mine

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in soul and blood,

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heaven has sent upon us
grief... grief...

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Brothers of mine in soul and blood,
inconsolable grief

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has been sent upon us from heaven.

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During this night of the
revelation of Saint Sarkis,

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our Holy Father Lazarus
has died at Etchmiadzin.

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Catholicos of all Armenians,

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the greatest of men
and prelates.

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I asked for a shroud
to wrap the dead body,

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instead, I was given frenzied
convulsions of their living bodies.

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Where can I find
selfless love?

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... God, our Saviour,

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like an everlasting flower unsoiled,

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give your good word for us

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and bless the good
immaculate ones,

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Blessed be our Lord Jesus Christ,

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whose life and body

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are immaculate...

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Our Father, who art in Heaven...

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In the Sun Valley
of the distant years

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live my longings,
my loves, my childhood.

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You are fire.

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Dressed in black.

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Your mind delights me,

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My beloved darling,
my wounded darling

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High is our gallantry,

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Persian soldiers are
lying everywhere,

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Let the scarlet blood flow,

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In the meadow the flowers redden

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The moon breaks through the clouds

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I saw everything clear
and strangely blunt,

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and I understood that
life had abandoned me.

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We have slain the sacrificial lamb,
boiled the meat,

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and distributed it
at seven places...

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Come hither, come!

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When my husband and
I went to Tiflis,

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we went to the Turkish square,
to the public bathhouse.

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We had a good bath.

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What are you saying?

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You let everyone know that
we went to the bathhouse!

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Give these rosters to the maidens.

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As we came out to
eat some barbecue,

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we heard that a troubadour
had come to town.

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We went to see him.

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He was a cobbler.

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My love...

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My life is all yours

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How can I help it?

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Go,

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go amongst the people!

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Go,

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may we always hear of your triumphs!

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You are the salt of the earth!

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May the God of speech
be always with you.

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Go amongst the people!

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Go!

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I hear calls of homecoming and hope,

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but I am weary.

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Who has spread all this sorrow
upon this old and weary earth?

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The world is like an open window

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and I'm weary of passing through it

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Burned is the one
who looks through it

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And I'm weary of the cauteries

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I'm weary of the tomorrows,

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and I'm weary of the dawn

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You can't always be even

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And I'm weary of playing

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I'm weary of the tomorrows

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And I'm weary of the dawn

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You can't always be even

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And I'm weary of playing

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Sayat Nova said:

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My sorrow

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is incommensurable

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The world is like an open window.

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The world...

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The bread you gave us was beautiful,

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but the soil is even more beautiful.

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I'll go and soon turn to dust.

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I am weary, weary.

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The word of our Lord Jesus Christ...

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Sing!

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In this world...

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In... this... world... In...

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Sing!

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In this world...

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In this world...

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Die!

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THE END