mimorian 09
wǣre á ne sōþfæstnesse in þu ?
WAS THERE EVER ANY HONESTY IN YOU ?
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hwæt aeódest to ðu?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?
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ic ne þu ānforlǣtst.
þu spyrnst mec.
þu ānforlēte mec.
þu earon ċealdheortan.
forhwý þu forwyrċest ?
ic eom nu unweorþlīċan ?
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hwæt ġecwidrǣdenne
þu donde þisse ?
WHAT AGREEMENT
BROUGHT YOU TO THIS ?
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BECAUSE THERE IS
NO PROMISE,
NOR THREAT,
NOR ARRANGEMENT,
THAT COULD EVER MAKE ME
TURN MY BACK UPON YOU.
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úre ċild - an ēċan sawle
hwæt in þin wambe alifde, begann -
hú þu ne ġewȳsċest
efenþrówunge ?
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wæs awiht
ðú cwǣde to mec æfre
… sóþsegene ?
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WAS ANYTHING
THAT YOU EVER SAID TO ME
… TRUE ?
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āsæġst mec an spell.
līeġst to mec.
āsæġst mec ... þæt ðu mec lufiode.
āsæġst mec an spell.
TELL ME A STORY.
LIE TO ME.
TELL ME THAT YOU CARED FOR ME.
TELL ME A STORY.
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midwintermonað and hreðemonað
æfter friðe ic to þu wrát.
ac hit fram þu - abiddan ne mihtan.
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mearuwnesse is abroden of breóst.
nis mé ðæs deáþes sorg.
þu, min lēofan,
mé micel sorge ġeswenċed.
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ðú adémest me fram frēode
ámang 18 winterġerīm,
of min heortan,
þu tōhopan abregde.
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biaþ þu soþlice swa ċealdheortan
swa þu atīewest ?
ARE YOU TRULY AS COLD-HEARTED
AS YOU APPEAR ?
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nan ðæt gedafenlícnes hwilc sculd
borgfæstaþ uncer līfa ?
cwae … awendað eowre ðeawas.
sprecan to mec.
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if ic … sylf … unrihtlice dyde
awende wið min þine hat-heortnysse.
but hit is earfoþan to sméan þæt þu
prófaest hine swá má for-arlícan
ðonne an ārfæstan wyrd
of gesibsumnes in urum líf.
forhwy þín fracoþseipe to mec …?
WHY SUCH SHAMEFUL TREATMENT TOWARDS ME ?
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þu wæron min freond … hlæfdige
ic eom þín freond.
bilehwītan ic lufige þē.
ac, ic ne forstande.
þū.
þunresdæġ, 15 ƿeodmonað, 2024
