Who knocks at this door today! I have sold my life for love's sake! Yes, it is I; may I always be love's slave! They tell me: abandon love, that is the path to recovery - but I can gain strength only through love. If love dies, so shall I. My nature s love's pupil; be my fate nothing, if not love, and woe to the heart incapable of passion. I ask thee, my God, I beseech thee, in all the godliness of thy divine nature and all the perfection of thy kingdom: let my love grow stronger, let it endure, even if I perish. Let me drink from this well, let my eye never miss its light. If I am drunk with the wine of love, let me drink even more deeply."
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