History: The Prophet: On Love

Source of version: 7

||On Love|sera'a lo nunprami Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."| .ibabo cusku fa la almitras. lu ko cusku fi mi fe tu'a lo nunprami li'u And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:| .i abu. goi ko'a lafti lo ko'a stedu gi'e catlu loi prenu .i co'a se smaji py. .i sepi'o lo barda voksa ko'a cusku lu When love beckons to you follow him,| .i ko mu'i lo nu lo nunprami cu cpedu fi do cu selgidva ny. goi fo'a Though his ways are hard and steep.| .iku'inaibo loi tadji pe fo'a cu nandu je tcesa'o And when his wings enfold you yield to him,| .i ca lonu lo nalci be fo'a sruri do kei ko randa fo'a Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.| .iku'inaibo lo dakyxa'i noi se mipri seru'u loi pimlu be sepa'u fo'a ka'e xrani do And when he speaks to you believe in him,| .i ca lonu fo'a fi do cusku kei ko krici tu'a fo'a Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.| .i to'e ki'u nai bo la'a cu'i le voksa be ko'a cu popygau lei selsenva be do pa'a le nu le brife be le berti cu daspo le purdi For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.| .i ki'u bo la pamselcni do ba'e ca gi trugau gi ritli catra .i ko'a xamgu lo nu do banro .e si'a lo nu do te vimcu lo dukse jimca Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,| ko'a mo'i ga'u klama lo do galtu gi'e satre lo do racrai jimca noi desku va'o lo solri i So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.| si'a ko'a ba mo'i ni'a klama lo do genja gi'e se desku gy noi jgari lo dertu Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.| .i do cu simsa lo bakfu be lo zumri be'o lo ka ko'a fa'a ri jajgau ce'u He threshes you to make you naked.| He sifts you to free you from your husks.| He grinds you to whiteness.| He kneads you until you are pliant;| And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.| All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.| But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,| Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.| Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.| Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;| For love is sufficient unto love.| When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, I am in the heart of God."| And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.| Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.| But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:| To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.| To know the pain of too much tenderness.| To be wounded by your own understanding of love;| And to bleed willingly and joyfully.| To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;| To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;| To return home at eventide with gratitude;| And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. | || ||((The Prophet|The Prophet)) |le prije ctuca / le pijyctu (the wise teacher) ((The Prophet: The Coming of the Ship)) |.i nu selklama le bloti ((The Prophet: On Love)) |lo ka prami ((The Prophet: On Marriage)) |lo nu speni ((The Prophet: On Children)) |lo panzi ((The Prophet: On Giving)) |lo nu dunda ((The Prophet: On Eating and Drinking)) |lo nu citka je pinxe ((The Prophet: On Work)) |lo zu'o gunka ((The Prophet: On Joy and Sorrow)) |lo li'i gleki je badri ((The Prophet: On Houses)) |lo zdani ((The Prophet: On Clothes)) |lo taxfu ((The Prophet: On Buying and Selling)) |lo nu tevecnu je vecnu ((The Prophet: On Crime and Punishment)) |lo zekri .e lo nu sfasa ((The Prophet: On Laws)) |lo flalu ((The Prophet: On Freedom)) |lo za'i zifre ((The Prophet: On Reason and Passion)) | lo nu krinu pensi .e lo se cinmo ((The Prophet: On Pain)) | lo nu dunku ((The Prophet: On Self-Knowledge)) | lo nu sevzi djuno ((The Prophet: On Teaching)) | lo nu ctuca ((The Prophet: On Friendship)) | lo nu pendo ((The Prophet: On Talking)) | lo nu tavla ((The Prophet: On Time)) | lo temci ((The Prophet: On Good and Evil)) | lo ka vrude .e lo ka pacna ((The Prophet: On Prayer)) | lo nu jdaselsku ((The Prophet: On Pleasure)) | lo za'i pluka ((The Prophet: On Beauty)) | lo ka melbi ((The Prophet: On Religion)) | lo lijde ((The Prophet: On Death)) | lo nu morsi ((The Prophet: The Farewell)) | le nu cusku zo co'o||

History

Enable pagination rows per page

HTML diff Side-by-side diff Side-by-side diff by characters Inline diff Inline diff by characters Full side-by-side diff Full side-by-side diff by characters Full inline diff Full inline diff by characters Unified diff Side-by-side view

Information	Version
Tue 25 of Jul, 2006 19:25 GMT adamgarrigus from 71.247.67.219 mulgau fanva i so'u roi drani basygau zo fo'a zo ko'a i basygau zo nunpa'i zo nunprami	8		Actions View Source
Sun 26 of Mar, 2006 14:47 GMT Eppcott from 69.133.83.245	7		Actions View Source
Sat 18 of Mar, 2006 15:31 GMT Eppcott from 69.133.83.245	6		Actions View Source
Fri 13 of Jan, 2006 19:14 GMT Eppcott from 209.220.229.254	4 - 5		Actions View Source
Fri 06 of Jan, 2006 19:45 GMT Eppcott from 209.220.229.254	1 - 3		Actions View Source

Select action to perform with checked... Remove OK