Pleasure in pain<br />
Desire of mortification<br />
To achieve the extreme<br />
To know the ultimate<br />
To be a slave for a moment<br />
The body offered up to cruelty<br />
To the lash which whips on the skin<br />
Which slashes the flesh, lacerates the back<br />
To feel the blood, thick and warm<br />
Flow over my wounds<br />
Flagellation...<br />
To thrust aside the limits<br />
To say "yes" to death<br />
Without fear, without remorse<br />
To give up oneself to torture<br />
Punishment and reward<br />
The whip is ambiguous<br />
It distills vice<br />
In a perverse refinement<br />
To be a slave for a moment<br />
The body offered up to cruelty<br />
To the lash which whips on the skin<br />
Which slashes the flesh, lacerates the back