Love

THIS is my prayer to thee, my lord - strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly to bear my ...

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers But to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg  for the stilling of my pain But fo...

My life when young  was like a flower A flower  that loosens a petal or two  from her abundance  and never feels the loss when the spring...

Where roads are made  I lose my way. In the wide water, in the blue sky  there is no line of a track. The pathway is hidden by the birds...

Lips' language to lips' ears. Two drinking each other's heart, it seems. Two roving loves who have left home, pilgrims to the...

In the morning I cast my net into the sea. I dragged up from the dark abyss things  of strange aspect and strange beauty some shone like ...

Obstinate are the trammels,  but my heart aches  when I try to break them.  Freedom is all I want, but  to hope for it I feel ashamed.  I...

HE is dear to me indeed  who can call back the wanderer to his home.  In the home is the true union,  in the home is enjoyment of life:  ...

Your questioning eyes are sad.  They seek to know my meaning  as the moon would fathom the sea. I have bared my life before your eyes fro...

Do not keep to yourself  the secret of your heart,  my friend ! Say it to me,  only to me, in secret. You who smile so gently, softly wh...

Nothing lasts forever No one lives forever Keep that in mind, and love Our life is not the same old burden Our path is not the same lo...

Be ready to launch forth, my heart ! and let those linger who must. For your name has been called  in the morning sky. Wait for none! T...

I woke and found his letter with the morning. I do not know what it says, for I cannot read. I shall leave the wise man alone with his boo...

There are numerous strings in your lute,  let me add my own among them. Then when you smite your chords,  my heart will break its silence...

My life when young  was like a flower A flower  that loosens a petal or two  from her abundance  and never feels the loss  When the spring...

If you would have it so,  I will end my singing. If it sets your heart aflutter, I will take away my eyes from your face. If it suddenly ...

It is for the union of you and me  that there is light in the sky. It is for the union of you and me  that the earth is decked in dusky gr...

I must launch out my boat. The languid hours pass by on the shore---Alas for me! The spring has done its flowering and taken leave. And no...

Day by day I float my paper boats  one by one down the running stream. In big black letters I write my name on them  and the name of the v...

My song has put off her adornments.  She has no pride of dress and decoration.  Ornaments would mar our union;  they would come between th...