Circulo ll : Los Infortunios de la virtud

VIRGIL
Lust and perversion
Sins of the flesh
Here you will find
Infamous appetites

A scorching wind
He will ram their bodies
And he will shake them
He throws them to the ground

MARQUIS DE SADE
I discover myself before you
like a soul mate
Even after dying alive
Shrouded in legends

Everyone talks about my libertine madness
The vice that defeated divine virtue
I filled my work with antiheroes who were like you

Who cynically justify their attitude
Low passions that demonstrate your power
There is no law other than that which marks pleasure

POE
I was breaking down
Anguish takes over
And it caused self-destruction on me
Depravity, my degeneration

MARQUIS DE SADE
Take whatever you like

POE
I abandoned myself to debauchery

MARQUIS DE SADE
Selfishness is power

POE
I don't see greatness in being like this

MARQUIS DE SADE
Perdition is redemption and everything else is nonsense

POE
My penitent walk was only pain

POE AND SADE
If we are born in solitude
The strongest survive
You should never sacrifice anything
By virtue of others

POE
I searched deep within myself
That remote place

POE AND SADE
Where I could satisfy my own self
Being my own god

MARQUIS DE SADE
My work was banned
They were cursed books
The servants of the Lord
I was declared an outlaw

POE
I denied God
I did not bend my soul
My pride debased
The strength of my infamy

MARQUIS DE SADE
Dear friend our parallel lives are

POE
I don't find in you a reflection of my own self

MARQUIS DE SADE
Isn't it true? What do you see differently?

POE
I see no misfortunes in virtue

MARQUIS DE SADE
You talk to me about Justine, you see her reward

POE
It wasn't my choice, I was forced to be like this

MARQUIS DE SADE
The darkest recesses of your mind, you wanted to guess

POE
Enough! Stop!

POE AND SADE
If we are born in solitude
The strongest survive
You should never sacrifice anything
By virtue of others

POE
I searched deep within myself
That remote place

POE AND SADE
Where I could satisfy my own self

MARQUIS DE SADE
The truth is the pleasure
It begins and ends in me

POE
I only intend to satisfy my own self
Being my own god