Les Bizarrables
The Bitter Gall of Pain
AYONS-MINE:
Don't forget, Monsieur Blairius,
You don't feel what you feign.
The bitter gall of pain
Can only show me how
This fear is all I need to know!
My muse will give me strength.
And she will help me post.
And pain will make the juices flow.
BLAIRIUS:
O be not proud, 'Yons-mine, of passion's sting!
You need not cry before you learn to sing!
AYONS-MINE:
The page is writ indelibly.
Malady sets me free.
BLAIRIUS:
You could live devoid of tears,
And cares do not endow.
I must beseech you now...
AYONS-MINE:
The pain _will_ teach me how
In pain, a player's die is cast.
My muse will give me strength.
And she will help me post.
I'll make misericordia fast!
The pain that brings me fear is but a test.
With darkness drawing near, I feel my best!
And every purpose has an end.
Every foe has a friend.
So don't forget, Monsieur Blairius,
You don't feel what you feign.
The bitter gall of pain
Can only teach me how...
It's all I need to know!
My muse will give me strength.
And she will help me post.
And pain
Will make the juices...
BLAIRIUS:
Please don't cry, chere Ayons-mine.
Don't fret your little brain.
The bitter gall of pain
Must never crease your brow.
This fear...
I will laugh with you at all your weeping.
Disdain
Will make the juices
Flow.