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Our dear Varlam
had many virtues,
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it's hard to enumerate them all.
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He had an extraordinary gift
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to turn his enemy into his friend,
and his friend into his enemy.
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lndeed, this is a quality of the chosen!
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A coffin, like a smorgasbord,
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stands in a spacious vault.
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And faces grow dim in a faded mirror.
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But there's no death,
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only a somersault
of sinful flesh
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and agonizing fear.
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May you rest in peace, indefatigable
toiler!
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Rest in peace in your native earth.