I Gave You Gold
I thought you wanted gold,
Not silver, steel, or bronze.
That's what I was told.
Oh, gold! That's worth a lot!
All or nothing, not half
For You, I was taught.
My dreams mean nothing, no?
All is vanity, dust.
So I must, for you, forgo.
Aurum ego dabo vobis.
Gold I gave to you
just to be told no?
Gold is rare, hard to acquire.
All the streams I panned...
They were for nothing?
(For nothing!)
So may I chase the wind,
Pursue the dreams I planned
While another gets the ring?
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