Recitar! Vesti la Giubba!
"Act! While in delirium,
I no longer know what I say,
or what I do!
And yet it's necessary... make an effort!
Bah! Are you not a man?
You are a clown!
Put on your costume and powder your face.
The people pay to be here, and they want to laugh.
And if Harlequin shall steal your Columbina,
laugh, clown, so the crowd will cheer!
Turn your distress and tears into jest,
your pain and sobbing into a funny face – Ah!
Laugh, clown,
at your broken love!
Laugh at the grief that poisons your heart!"
Cover the pain with the façade of happiness. Disguise your suffering with laughs, and cheers. For the covering of it will give the world the view they want to see. Not the real you, the one who is dying on the inside, no! They want to pretend you are happy! Be happy for them, for showing the pain results in nothing but disappointment. Smile through your depression! Laugh through your hollowness, for the world does not wish to see a dying man!
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