May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is.
Hadewijchalthough I have no fish, / I do not want any frog; / Or any elderberries either, / Instead of a bunch of grapes: / Although I have no love, / I do not want anything else, / Whether Love is gracious to me or hostile.
HadewijchThe new year has begun for us. / Now must God grant us with love / That we may be able so to begin it / That it may be of value for Love.
HadewijchFirst the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great effort, and bear all pain without suffering. And so his life will surpass human reason indeed.
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