Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Soutenez-moi avec des gâteaux de raisins, Fortifiez-moi avec des pommes; Car je suis malade d'amour.
KJV
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
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