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A few days more, my dearest, only a few days
We are forced to draw breath in the shadow of tyranny
Bear this injustice a while longer, and tremble, and weep
By our forefathers’ legacy we have been crippled

Our bodies imprisoned, our feelings enchained
Our thoughts captive, our speech sanctioned
Credit to our courage that we still go on living
Is life but a pauper’s loose cloak, on which
Every hour a patch of pain is stitched?

But now the period of cruelty has few days left
A little more patience, our pleading has few days left
A long time in the scorched wilderness of this world
We have to exist, but this is not how we have to live
Alien hands causing unspeakably heavy oppression
Bear it today, but it will not be borne always

This dust of sorrow flames out from your beauty
This the measure of your defeated two-day youth
The pain of the useless glow from moonlit nights
The heart’s pointless beat, the body’s hopeless cry
A few days more, my dearest, only a few days.

( my translation of a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz).

All the girls regard me as a stallion
To some I’m known as Sin, to others Temptation
Many swear my middle name is Freedom
Because I never go before they come
The word on the grapevine is Ecstasy
The word says Satisfaction is a guarantee.

Play with fire, babe, and you’ll see it’s no lie
Play with fire, babe, and I’ll put a torch to your hive
Play with me, and I’ll burn you alive.

Your family has wrapped you in cotton wool
Safeguarding your body so it’s taken by a chosen fool
If all you want is security on the shelf
Then do as they say – you don’t need my help
But if you want thrills with no strings attached
Come and play with me in a love match.

Play with fire, babe, pour your juice onto the flames
Play with fire, babe, play these lovely grown-up games
Play with me, no two shots are ever the same.

People will warn you and say it’s a crime
But it’s never wrong to ache for a good time
Come on, honey, come on, climb down from that window
Come on, angel, float down into my waiting arms now
Step into my open car and let the wind blow back your hair
I’ll drive you, I’ll ride you, I’ll plough you from here to there.

Play with fire, babe, you know lovers make the best friends
Play with fire, babe, burn my candle at both ends
Play with me, my life is in your hands.

We’re flying on the wings of a slow burn
Joy from this boy has made you learn
Love without a license is the most delicious
Stolen kisses are the most precious
Legal love is such a slow waste
Forbidden fruit has the sweetest taste.

Play with fire, babe, and I’ll tie you to my stake
Play with fire, babe, and in your oven I will bake
Play with me, play with the real thing for heaven’s sake!!

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