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"inscription_translation": "Your separation has become my companion of old,/ \nMy chagrin for you a soother of sorrows of old,/ \nMy aching for you, my daily guest,/ \nYour branding mark my memento of old,/ \nO gentle breeze, beware of reminding the beloved/ \nOf me, humble-hearted and in the dust, of old.",
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