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Dido 1

English version:

Every time I see you
The room is filled with fire
And all my ration
Gets taken by desire
Like a light in the chaos
You always shine through
I ask the gods! What makes me
so drawn to you?

Your stories of war
and your stories of loss
Take me back to my husband
The pain it has caused
The vows I made
I could never betray
I'd hold him forever
Even in his grave

I'm like a deer
Struck by an arrow
Turned to madness
All thanks to Cupido
Pray to Venus
That she'll set me free
I should tell Aeneas
It could never be

Nederlandse versie (Dutch version)

Een kamer vol vuur
Altijd als ik je zie
Een hart vol verlangen
Maar ratio heb ik niet
Het licht in de chaos
Wat ik altijd wou
Vraag de goden waarom ik in de ban ben van jou

Je verhalen over oorlog
Van verlies en van rouw
Doen me denken aan mijn man
Van wie ik nog steeds hou
Ik houd me voor altijd
Aan wat ik hem heb beloofd
Om hem vast te houden
Zelfs in de dood

Ik ben net een hert
Met een pijl haar flank
En het is Cupido
Die ik voor mijn gekheid bedank
Ik bid tot Venus
'Verlos me van deze pijn'
Ik hoor Aeneas te zeggen
Dat wij nooit samen gaan zijn
Written by Dragonnora (Nora)
Published
Author's Note
So I decided to make this series based on the fourth book of the Aeneis by Vergulius. This one should have been posted before Dido 2. Here she has had diner with Aeneas who talked about the Trojan war against Greece. She falls in love with him but doesn't want to betray her dead husband. This one I wrote in English first and then translated to Dutch.
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