I was rescued from my chains,
and I fled to You, O my love.
You have restrained my troubles
& my enemies, no more were they seen.
I sowed fruit in my heart and
transformed them, saved them
They became the limbs of my body...
Can your gentleness and love be
What Saves me from evil..
As the wings of doves
are over their nestlings, so also
are the wings of your spirit over my heart
& my heart is continually refreshed..
The immortal life embraced me, & kissed me.
Because I am ready before destruction comes,
I have been set on this immortal side.
And from life breathing the Spirit,
which is within me, and it cannot die..
(because it is life itself.)
Filling me with water
from you're living fountain..
It is pleasing and sparkling,
and perpetually refreshes my inner self.
Much sweeter is its water than honey,
& the bees honeycomb is
not to be compared with it;
because it flowed from your lips,
and is named of your heart..
I became boundless and invisible,
I was set in the middle.
Chasms vanished before my love,
& darkness dissipated before her appearance.
Error erred and perished on account of Her;
and contempt received no voice,
for it was submerged..
Joy is for the ones who want it.
And who shall put it on but they alone?
Grace is for the elect ones.
And who shall receive it
The ones who trusted in it
from the beginning?
Love is for the elect ones.
And who shall put it on
The ones who possessed it from the beginning?
Your thought was like a letter,
that descended the heavens.
Those who saw the letter went after it;
that they might learn where it would land,
& who should read it, & who should hear it.
But it escaped from their fingers..
For the gentle showers of my beloved
overshadow me with serenity,
& they caused a cloud of peace to rise over me.
That it might guard me at all times.
As honey drips from the bees honeycomb,
& milk flows from the ones who love their children, so also is my hope upon you, O my love.
As a fountain gushes forth its water,
so my heart gushes forth the passion,
and my lips bring forth your praise.
And my tongue becomes sweet
by your anthems,
and my members
are entrances by your odes.
My heart rejoices in exultation,
and my spirit exults in love,
and my true nature shining ..
And it became salvation to me.
©infj-loki
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