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When Love is Over - Song of Khan Zada

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Only in August my heart was aflame,         Catching the scent of your Wind-stirred hair,     Now, though you spread it to soften my sleep         Through the night, I should hardly care.     Only last August I drank that water         Because it had chanced to cool your hands;     When love is over, how little of love         Even the lover understands!

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